Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Hawaii

While in Hawaii, you might enjoy a visit to:

Part of The Dole Plantation, one of Hawaii's linchpin tourist traps. Large gift shop, every food and snack permutation of pineapple in the galaxy.

Walkway bridge leads to a breathtaking view over the plumbing, and the hotel management is proud of it.

A beloved mishmash of rare artifacts and modern junk, all treated with equal reverence, closed in 2008. Hawaii resident Roseanne Barr bought it, reopened, and attempted a ghost removal on her reality show.

Actor Jack Lord, best known for his role as Steve McGarrett in TV's Hawaii Five-O, is sculpted in bronze at the Kahala Mall.

Self-guided tour along windows overlooking the nut line -- see the sorting, chocolate enrobing, packaging, and other exciting candy manufacturing processes. Gift shop.

What happens to those foolish enough to take a lump of lava out of Hawaii as a souvenir? The public display of returned rocks is gone, but interest in the Curse continues!

Clock frozen at 1:04 marks the early morning moment in 1960 when a wave destroyed most of downtown Hilo. The clock survived the 1946 killer tsunami.

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