Category: Saved Sites

  • World Trade Center Memorial

    World Trade Center Memorial

      Photo: Benjamin Kraft Location: FDR Drive, between East 29th and 30th Streets, New York City, New York, USA Who Considers it Sacred? Family members and friends of the people killed from the terror attacks of February 26, 1993 and September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site Significance: The first step towards a…

  • The Great Serpent Mound

    The Great Serpent Mound

    Location: The Ohio Valley, Ohio, USA Official Listing: National Historic Landmark Significance: The Great Serpent Mound, built between 1500 and 3000 years ago, is a 1/4 mile-long earthwork representing a snake swallowing an egg. Its significance is still unknown, but it is of intense interest to historians and archaeologists. The Threat: Commercial development Preservation Status:…

  • Snoqualmie Falls

    Snoqualmie Falls

    Location: Puget Sound, Washington State, USA Who Considers it Sacred? Native Americans, Snoqualime Nation Significance:Part of the Snoqualime tribe’s creation myth; considered to be inhabited by a water spirit with special spiritual attributes. The Falls are the site of many tribal battles, and is a burial place for the ancestors of the modern Snoqualime. The…

  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial

    [Back to List of Saved Sites] Photo: Hu Totya Location: Washington, D.C., USA Who Considers it Sacred? United States military veterans and families who lost relatives during the Vietnam War. Significance: It memorializes United States war veterans of the Vietnam War, and is considered a place of pilgrimage for families of those lost in the…

  • Moku’ula

    [Back to List of Saved Sites] Location: Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, USA Who Considers it Sacred? Native Hawaiians Significance: In Native Hawaiian tradition, Moku’ula is the home of the lizard goddess, Kihawanhine and former home and burial ground of Hawaiian Royalty. The site is part of a larger sacred geography relating to oral histories. Moku’ula “was…

  • Coldwater Spring/Pike Island

    [Back to List of Saved Sites] Location: Mendota, Minnesota, USA (between Minneapolis and St. Paul) Who Considers it Sacred? Native Americans (Dakota, Ojibwe, Potowatamie, Sauk and Fox [Mesquaki] tribes) Significance: It is considered the birthplace of the Dakota people. Native American religious and spiritual ceremonies traditionally took place at Coldwater Spring, located between Minnehaha Falls…