Places SemiruralYeti Wants to Go

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.

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

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.

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

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

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

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

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

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

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

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

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

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

This cast-iron canine is a beloved icon among the people of Johnstown and ice hockey fans everywhere.

This vintage short line in Amish country runs passenger steam train excursions and still hauls freight.

Designed by the company that provided water to the entire community.

Come for the history lesson, stay for the mule-pulled boat rides.

War prevented this Polish composer's body from being returned to his home country for 51 years. Though his ashes eventually made it home, his heart stayed behind.

A full-service gas station known as the oldest in America.

A 20-foot-tall quarter commemorates George Washington’s ties to Bedford County.

A huge railroad museum with over 100 pieces of rolling stock focusing on the railroad history of Pennsylvania.