Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

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

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

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

The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

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

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

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

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

This WWII plane died a quiet death, and is now a garden eel playground.

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.

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

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

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

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

A true treehouse near Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

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

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.