Places everywhereemily Wants to Go

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

Inside, visitors are treated to the rich history of sugar farming and its impact on Hawaiian society.

Originally a mission, what may be the oldest building on Maui is now a museum of the island’s history.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

This tiny Hawaiian island is slowly coming back to life after being bombed during naval training exercises.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

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

Now a pedestrian bridge, this was once part of a narrow-gauge railroad that ran along the east coast of Kauai.

This monument built by Japanese American immigrants spent decades underground.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

A burial ground for workers at one of Hawai'i's largest sugarcane producers that laid buried for decades.

This ruined fort and statue are a testament to the last king of Kaua‘i’s savvy diplomacy skills, which briefly brought Russians to Hawai‘i.

A Japanese pilot crash-landed on this Hawaiian island after the Pearl Harbor attack and terrorized locals for a week.

This historic Art Deco building embellished with local tropical fruits had fallen into disrepair before a recent restoration.

A wonderful world of rare fruits and flowering trees grows in a small botanical park in Bradenton.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A year-long seasonal produce clock highlighting a variety of fruits and vegetables from across the Piedmont region.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

The biggest apple in all of New England stands 10 feet tall and weighs over 1,000 pounds.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.