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The spur that wouldn’t die.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

A former Catholic seminary, now a Washington State Park, preserves undeveloped lands on Lake Washington and also hosts a luxury hotel.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

Amid the bustle of the Pike Place Market is a poem by famed Japanese poet Narihira.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

Hawai'i's oldest wooden house was shipped around Cape Horn from Boston in 1820.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

One of Oahu’s best snorkeling and diving spots was created by warm water discharged from the nearby power plant.

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is home to one of Polynesia’s largest petroglyph fields.

This coastal cavern is associated with the Hawaiian god of creation.

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

Formerly a lovely white sand beach this Hawaiian stretch is now a trap for countless tons of trash.

Ten acres of the Kula Forest Reserve make up this wondrous state park.

This World War II-era bunker is now packed with posters and props from movies and TV shows filmed nearby.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.

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.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.