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.
Winter 2024-25
Faces of Howe
68 stories
Winter 2024-25Meet Claire from Long Island, NY
She is an outdoor instructor. She loves routine and finds solace in staying in comfortable places. While that may sound great (who doesn’t love comfort?)…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Helena, Tonya and their tiny tribe from Long Island, NY
The friends met five years ago through a Christian Homeschooling Co-Op. At the time, everyone was feeling isolated due to the pandemic and the majority of us…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Pete and Jody from Upstate New York
Both are avid mariners and met seven years ago at a yacht club on the Hudson River. The two struck up a conversation about life and quickly learned that they…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Joe and Victoria, from Long Island, NY
Today, Travis met Joe and Victoria, both born and raised in Long Island, New York. Their paths crossed at work about four years ago. Joe was a crew supervisor…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Mike & Kaylen from upstate New York.
Mike is currently serving in the Air Force in South Dakota. Mike is from a military family and has family members who have served or who are serving in every…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Dawson & Tiffany from Central Florida
They met through a mutual friend at a Daytona Beach car show. During the show they had a nice conversation and then went their separate ways. Five years later…
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Winter 2024-25Meet the Paulis family from Long Island, NY
They’ve lived in New York their whole lives and they’ve never been to Howe Caverns. They remember seeing commercials when they were kids but just never had the…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Cara and Pete from New York
They have known each other for 45 years and are high school sweethearts. After high school, they went their separate ways and didn’t see each other for 30…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Sarah from New York
Meet Sarah. She was born and raised in New York and is proudly of Guyanese and Crucian (St. Croix) descent. While growing up, Sarah was one of the only ethnic…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Jesus and Janet, from the Bronx, NY
Meet Jesus and Janet, born and raised in the Bronx, New York. They just recently relocated to Connecticut. They are absolutely loving the transition from city…
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Winter 2024-25Meet this amazing group of friends
Today, Kaily met this amazing group of friends (left to right) Justin, Lindsay, Darius, Aimee, Leah, and Christine from Albany, New York. Lindsay works in…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Kevin and Jill from Queens, NY
Travis met and chatted with Kevin and Jill from Queens, New York today. They were both born and raised in the city and have lived there their whole lives. Kevin…
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