Papaikou, Hawaii
Hawaiʻi Tropical Botanical Garden
More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.
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Papaikou, Hawaii
More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.
Pepeekeo, Hawaii
These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.
Hilo, Hawaii
Babe Ruth and others planted saplings for a 1930s tourism campaign. The saplings grew as the area faded.
Pāhoa, Hawaii
Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.
Pāhoa, Hawaii
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.
Kalapana, Hawaii
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is home to one of Polynesia’s largest petroglyph fields.
Waialua, Hawaii
This iconic location, shrouded in mystery and nostalgia and still an active YMCA camp, was the setting for the Dharma Barracks in the hit TV series 'Lost.'
Waianae, Hawaii
This coastal cavern is associated with the Hawaiian god of creation.
Wahiawa, Hawaii
Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.
Wahiawa, Hawaii
This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.
Honolulu County, Hawaii
Taste rums made with heirloom sugarcane on the distillery's own estate.
Aiea, Hawaii
A unique collection of Western and Japanese-style graves.
Honolulu, Hawaii
A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.
Honolulu, Hawaii
These gardens celebrate the biological and cultural diversity of the Hawai‘ian Islands.
Kaneohe, Hawaii
An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.
Kaneohe, Hawaii
A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.
Kailua, Hawaii
Hidden behind a YMCA stands the remains of a ceremonial site that dates back hundreds of years, whose ground is still considered sacred to many Hawaiians.
Honolulu, Hawaii
What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.
Honolulu, Hawaii
One of the only places where you can pay respects to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as gods
Honolulu, Hawaii
This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.
Honolulu, Hawaii
This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.
Honolulu, Hawaii
The last standing piece of a famous Honolulu landmark.
Honolulu, Hawaii
The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.