Sacred Places

Now that I have foreign visits on my mind my enthusiasm for the sacred places of this nation have weakened. However, my enthusiasm is strong enough for me to name a couple of dozen right here and right now:

• Ka Ule O Nanahoa fertility shrine, on hill overlooking Kalauapapa penninsula, Molokai
• Umi Heiau Hualalai Mountain, Hawaii
• Pu'ukohola Heiau, National Historic site, Hawaii; Hill of the Whale
• Cheif Mountain in Montana: sacred for hundreds of years; Mt. Ninaistakis, sacred to Blackfeet
• Hesperus Mountain (Big Mountain Sheep) in Colorado
• The Grotto at the University of Notre Dame at the U. of Notre Dame, Indiana
• Abalone Shell Mountain in the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff, Arizona
• Unity Temple, Chicago
• Trinity Church, Boston
• Trinity Church, NYC
• Salt Lake Temple, Utah
• Baha'i House of Worship, Chicago
• Aztalan State Park, Lake Mills, WI, Mid-Mississippi people thrived there 1000 years ago
• Our Lady of America Marian shrine, Fostoria, Ohio
• Power Mound, Fort Ancient, Ohio
• Judaculla Rock, near Cullowhee, North Carolina
• Town Creek Indian mound, North Carolina.
• Emerald mound, Tupelo, Mississippi
• Wickliffe mounds, southwest Kentucky
• Our Lady of Consolation Shrine; Carey, Ohio
• Newark Earth Works, Ohio
• Norton mounds Michigan
• Grapevine Canyon, Laughlin, Nevada; Yuman sacred place; Avikwa'ame, Spirit Mountain
• Mt. Barboquivari, Arizona
• Meteor Crater, Arizona.
• Sandia Crest; Tewa sacred mountain knon as Oku pin
• Giant Springs, Montana
• Sweetgrass Hills, Montana
• Mt. Newberry, Arizona; Yuman sacred mountain
• Mount Taylor, known as Blue Bead or Turquoise Mountain in New Mexico.
• San Jacinto, Calif.
• Mt Diablo Calif. near San Francisco
• Mt Capitan,New Mexio; Mescalero Apache sacred mountain
• Moundville, Alabama
• Our Lady of Prompt Succour, Marian shrine, New Orleans