Hawaii

Featured Attractions

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  Pacific Tsunami Museum

  Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii

  Hilo's beautiful, funnel-shaped bay has been devastated by killer waves. The museum is housed in a surviving bank building.

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  Pele's Cursed Tourist Rocks

  Volcano, Big Island, Hawaii

  Foolish enough to take a lump of lava out of Hawaii as a souvenir? The public display of returned rocks is gone, but fear of the Curse continues!

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  Polynesian Cultural Center

  Laie, Oahu, Hawaii

  Pacific island cultures scrunched together for tourists, plus a luau and fire knife dance.

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  Hawaii Five-O Jack Lord Bust

  Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii

  Actor who played iconic detective Steve McGarret remembered at the mall where he shopped.

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  Hawaiian Trading Post

  Lawai, Maui, Hawaii

  Good gag photo-ops, and a giant clam shell with bowling ball "pearls."

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  Tsunami Clock of Doom

  Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii

  Survived first tsunami. It was the second tsunami, 14 years later, that finished off the clock.

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  Pu'uhonua - Place of Refuge

  Honaunau, Big Island, Hawaii

  Ancient Hawaiians might escape a death sentence for sacred law infractions if they could reach this collection of Tikis.

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  King Kamehameha the Great

  Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii

  Ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii, his most magnificent statue is clad in gold leaf.