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

The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.

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.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

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

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.

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

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

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

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

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

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