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

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

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

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

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.

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.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

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

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

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.