While the grotto in West Bend was built to celebrate religion, the other major grottos incorporated patriotism to reflect the sense of pride that the immigrants felt about their new country. The Dickeyville Grotto is another well-known array of grottos, shrines, and gardens. Unlike The Grotto of the Redemption, Dickeyville contains extensive quantities of glass and ceramics, along with natural stones and petrified materials, some gathered from as far away as the Holy Land. Dickeyville is said to contain a cross carved by the first Indian convert of Father Marquette.

Father Mathias Wernerus, a German-born priest who served the parish from 1918 until his death in 1931, is the driving force behind the Dickeyville grotto. Wernerus began his work by constructing a Soldiers' Memorial in 1920 to honor three men from the parish who lost their lives in World War I. In 1924, he began to expand his vision, and was aided during the years by his parishioners and cousin, Mary Wernerus.

The grotto was completed in 1930, and little changed until 1964, when parish priest Father Lambert Marx added concrete and sandstone Stations of the Cross. Many believe that Dobberstein influenced Wernerus because Werenerus attended the St. Francis Seminary after the small grotto was built, and both priests' structures feature similarities. However, no written records or original source materials confirm this belief. Wernerus himself wrote, "Many reasons urged me to put up 'Religion in Stone and Patriotism in Stone.' The main reason why it was done I could not reveal."