Places marileeski Wants to Go

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

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.

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

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.

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

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

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

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

During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.