The Cave That Inspired History's Most Creative Minds, From Mendelssohn To Pink Floyd

By Ella Morton Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Like something out of an epic fantasy novel -- or maybe The Lego Movie -- Fingal's Cave, located on the Scottish island of Staffa, is a 270-foot-deep, 72-foot-tall sea cave with walls of perfectly hexagonal columns. Celtic legend holds that the cave was once part of a bridge across the sea, built by giants to fight one another. (The other end of th...