A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

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

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

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

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

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

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

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.