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

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

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.

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

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

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

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

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

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

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

The shortest in the world, this landing strip stretches a mere 1,312 feet before steep cliffs on either end plunge into the Caribbean.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.