Places joparkman Wants to Go

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.

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

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

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

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

Hiding in plane sight.

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

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

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

These gardens celebrate the biological and cultural diversity of the Hawai‘ian Islands.

A unique collection of Western and Japanese-style graves.

Taste rums made with heirloom sugarcane on the distillery's own estate.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of Hawaiʻi’s most notable historic petroglyph fields lies within a major resort.

One of Hawaiʻi’s largest petroglyph fields contains a number of depictions of people.

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