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Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

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

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

This airstrip atoll is uninhabited by humans, but absolutely full of birds.

The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.

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

A Japanese pilot crash-landed on this Hawaiian island after the Pearl Harbor attack and terrorized locals for a week.

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

This tiny Hawaiian island is slowly coming back to life after being bombed during naval training exercises.

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

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

Formerly a lovely white sand beach this Hawaiian stretch is now a trap for countless tons of trash.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

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

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.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.

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

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

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 blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.