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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Pāhoa, Hawaii

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Big Island Lava Flow

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

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Raëlian UFO Peace Park

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

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Puna End of the Road

In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.

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Babe Ruth and others planted saplings for a 1930s tourism campaign. The saplings grew as the area faded.

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