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 Molly from Long Island
When she was young, her family moved upstate. She recalls coming to Howe Caverns when she was a little girl. Now that she’s a mom, she’s excited to share the…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Dan and Brian from Lake George, NY
Today they got engaged here on our magical calcite heart! The couple met about a year and a half ago. On their first date they had such a great time that they…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Ashlyn and Antonio from Massachusetts
Their first date was on “Lucky Friday the 13th of last month, last year!” (one month ago today… December 13th!) They are both artists. Ashlyn loves to paint and…
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Winter 2024-25Meet Kirsten, born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada
Before the pandemic hit, she and her family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. The move was one of the hardest hurdles in her life. Shortly after the move, the world…
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Winter 2024-25Meet adorable Frankie
She is on a weekend vacation for her birthday! She loves rocks and gems. Frankie said this is her best birthday ever! She has a rock tumbler that shines and…
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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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