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52°
By Jeremy | August 26, 2006
An unprepared Judah and I quickly discovered that's the permanent temperature 156 ft. below ground in Howe Caverns. Dairy farmer Lester Howe discovered the underground wonderland in the summer of 1842 when his cattle gathered around bushes in the open sun, unlike every other local cow that frittered away hot afternoons lounging under shade trees. Howe's brilliant bovines had discovered a natural air conditioning system in the midst of the shrubbery, where a passageway to the caverns vented the naturally occurring 52° air stream. He burrowed his way below, and within a few months began offering site-seeing expeditions beneath the surface. The modern 80-minute tours include a ¼ mile boat ride along the underground "Lake of Venus"; the morbidly dark "Bridal Altar" (where 500 couples, beginning with Lester's daughter, have pledged matrimonial vows); the reflecting "Pool of Peace"Â; an imposing "Titans Temple"Â; and the harrowing "Winding Way." Stalactites, stalagmites, and flowstone, combined with appropriate mood lighting, fill each crevice with enchanting vistas. Photo Set.
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