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.
Summer 2024
Faces of Howe
104 stories
Summer 2024Meet Destinie, Jon, & Sandy, from Queens, NY
Meet Destinie, Jon, and their dog, Sandy, from Queens, NY. Jon’s dad thought that they would hit it off and he was right! Jon & Destinie met up in a church…
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Summer 2024Meet Rob & McKinley from Virginia
Meet Rob & McKinley from Virginia, also known as “the birthplace of a nation” as it was the site of the first permanent English settlement. Virginia is full of…
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Summer 2024Meet Christian & Margo from Connecticut
(this precious picture needs a frame, by the way ) Margo wanted everyone everyone to know that the cave is good for children all ages- as long as you have…
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Summer 2024Meet Emily from Louisiana
She was born and raised in Mississippi and has lived in Louisiana for 4 1/2 yrs. This Southern Belle lives in the strawberry capital of the world. It’s also…
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Summer 2024Meet the Patel family from Mumbai, India
If you have ever seen the movie, “Slumdog Millionaire”, you know exactly where we’re talking about. If you didn’t know, Mumbai is actually seven islands…
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Summer 2024Meet Ana & Cristina from Spain
Ana is from Madrid and Cristina is from Barcelona. Ana says her favorite thing about Spain is the food! Cristina says that her favorite thing is Catalan culture…
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Summer 2024Meet Elissa and Jeremy From San Antonio
Meet Elissa and Jeremy From San Antonio, Texas, home of The Alamo, the famous site where The Battle of the Alamo took place in December of 1835 during the early…
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Summer 2024Meet Ellie, Knox, & Lexie from Alaska
Meet 5 yr. old Ellie, 3 yr. old Knox, and Lexie (Mom) from Alaska! Alaska, The Last Frontier, is famed for its untamed wilderness and stunning wildlife. It is a…
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Summer 2024Meet Beckett & Thayer from Utica, New York
Meet Beckett, 7 and Thayer, 5, from Utica, New York. Their mom, Stephanie, remembers coming to the cave on a school field trip when she was young, so she wanted…
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Summer 2024Meet Michelle from Massachussets
Her parents were married in the cave in the early 1970’s and she wanted to see where they were married as it is part of her family’s history. She said that she…
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Summer 2024Meet Rosie from Brooklyn
Meet Rosie. She was born and raised in the Bronx but now lives in Brooklyn. Rosie is proudly Puerto Rican Betsy noticed the pretty necklace that Rosie was…
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Summer 2024Meet Logan from Tennessee
Logan is a 15 yr. old, all-American boy who happens to be a hard-working farm hand at the 200 acre Sunset Valley Farms in Tennessee. He is on summer vacation…
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