text: At the top of a 272-step staircase is the Cathedral Cave , the most breathtaking of the three , with its architectural columns of lofty stalactites and stalagmites .
  
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  Cathedral Cave is at the top of a 272-step staircase , and it is the most breathtaking of the three , with its architectural columns of lofty stalactites and stalagmites .