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

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

Football field-sized microalgae production tanks on the Hawaiian coast create a stunning view from space.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

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

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

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.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

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

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

A true treehouse near Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

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

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

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

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.