Humanity & Connections Series
Every visitor brings a story underground.
Proposals on the heart, reunions decades in the making, and first visits from around the world. Meet our guests who make Howe special.
All seasons
Faces of Howe
425 stories
Winter 2024-25Meet Abby, Chantal, and Eylse!
This gal-gang met in 2007 while attending college at Rochester Institute of Technology. These ladies are on a girls weekend getaway at a friend’s cabin here in…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Tessa from Cohoes, New York.
Today is her 24th birthday! She shares her birthday with icons, Elvis and David Bowie. The one thing she wants to tell the world is, “Be easy on yourself. Life…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Carlie born and raised in Montana
She currently lives in western New York. She’s the second to last of seven siblings. Her siblings are sisters and she only has one brother! Interestingly…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Anthony and Catalina from New York
Both are of Puerto Rican descent. Catalina has a wealth of experience from living in many different places. She is a software engineer and has lived in…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Pretzel from Jersey City, New Jersey
Pretzel’s owners came for a cave tour on a day that was very slow so our staff happily volunteered to babysit this handsome fella. He is a miniature schnauzer…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Aejay’s Crew from Connecticut!
They met while they were in high school and some of them have known each their whole lives! As a friend group, they’ve been hanging out for at least ten years.…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Jessica Howe from Virginia
(Howe cool is that last name!? She’s pretty proud of that!) Her parents were born and raised in western New York. Her father built a career working for a tech…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Sarah and Mace from the Mohawk Valley, NY
Today Travis filled in for Betsy and did his very first guest interview. He was so happy to chat with this lovely family. Well done, Travis! Meet Sarah and Mace…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Annie from Argentina
She was 13 yrs. old when she moved to the United States. Her grandfather was born in Germany as was her father. When her father was a baby, her grandfather…
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Winter 2024-25Meet identical twins, Valerie and Vanessa, from NJ
Valerie was born five minutes before Vanessa. They are of Haitian descent Their father is a neonatologist. He received his education in Haiti and then…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Andrey & Angelina born and raised in Ukraine
Meet Andrey & Angelina born and raised in Ukraine They are six years apart in age and grew up in the same town; attending the same school and church. Her family…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Stephen and Jalyssa from Connecticut
They are currently on break from school. They met a year ago in high school while attending a class together. Stephen graduated last spring and is in his first…
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