Here are a few pictures from our weekend trip to the Grotto of the Redemption . What is this thing??? Jesus' tomb the 9th station, Jesus falls for the third time. Next time I go back to the Grotto I need to take a picture of each station. Hindsight is 20/20. :/ Easter weekend was loaded with family and faith! We headed to my parent's house and then off to my sister's. On Good Friday I remembered that the Grotto of Redemption is located right in between the two and all of a sudden I was on a mission to take my girl's to a place I visited often as a child. In fact I visited it so often I thought these Grotto structures made of all kinds of precious stones were located everywhere and this just happened to be one we drove by a lot. Little did I know it was a rare site located in small town Iowa. It turns 100 this year and is a pretty remarkable site. To read more go here and here .