MARIANNA, Fla. — Wanna get hitched underground in the Sunshine State?

What You Need To Know

  •  Florida Caverns State Park is in Jackson County, near Florida's northwestern border with Alabama

  • It is a 45-minute cavern tour that takes you 50 feet underground

  • More than a dozen rooms remain at a constant 65 degrees

A short downhill walk into the Florida Caverns State Park in Jackson County, near Florida's northwestern border with Alabama, reveals a wedding room.

It’s all thanks to a cave formation that resembles a Dr. Suess-like version of a multitiered wedding cake.

“The wedding cake inspired the first wedding that took place in 1950,” explained park manager Billy Baily. “And to this day, couples still get married in this room.”

Baily has worked at the park for 18 years, so he knows about the big and little pieces that make up the cave, like the soda straws.

“It's how stalactites start,” said Baily as he gestures to the little growths on the ceiling behind them. “A drop of water evaporates. The minerals are left in a circle, and it's hollow until it's about a foot long.”

Baily takes guests through winding passageways about 50 feet underground.

“That’s about as far underground without actually being below water,” Baily explained. “Here we are just about 5 feet above the water table. And we are coming into a room now called the fracture room.”

There are about a dozen “rooms” on the 45-minute tour.

And formations grow depending on what elements the seeping rain introduces.

In all this slow development, there is one constant.

“So, no matter what the temperature is outside, it's always about 65 degrees down here,” said Baily, his appreciation for the caverns coming through.

“No matter how many times you've visited the caverns, you always see something new. It's constantly growing and changing. You can visit the cave hundreds of times and see something new every single time.”

And that’s what’s kept Baily here 18 years: The steady drip of new creation in this underground world.