A museum dedicated to the history of sugar cultivation on Réunion island.

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

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

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

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.

Hiding in plane sight.

Now a pedestrian bridge, this was once part of a narrow-gauge railroad that ran along the east coast of Kauai.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.

A local pineapple cannery once dumped pineapple trimmings off of this pier, with sometimes smelly results.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

A burial ground for workers at one of Hawai'i's largest sugarcane producers that laid buried for decades.

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

This ruined fort and statue are a testament to the last king of Kaua‘i’s savvy diplomacy skills, which briefly brought Russians to Hawai‘i.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

A grueling 699-step stairway to a heavenly view of the island of Saint Helena.

It marks the spot where the high-ranking British officer died during the Falklands War.

A small cemetery remembers the British troops who fell during the Falklands War.