It is known for the vast stalactite caverns[1] of the nearby Baradla-Domica cave system, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Aggtelek and Slovak Karst.

Aggtelek is located 50 km (31 mi) northwest of the county seat of Miskolc, near the Slovakian border.

During World War II, the Eastern Front passed close by, causing further damage.

A few Jews lived in the village and there is a Jewish cemetery where two gravestones and a memorial plaque remain.

[2] Jewish residents of the village were murdered in the Holocaust and commemorated in a monument in Ózd.