January 15, 2015
In 1969, 10 years after Hawai‘i became the 50th U.S. state, dedication ceremonies were held for its first STATE CAPITOL BUILDING . The impressive structure rises from the center of downtown Honolulu just a stone’s throw from ‘IOLANI PALACE, Hawai‘i’s…
January 15, 2015
NATIONAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC , also known as PUNCHBOWL , is the resting place of more than 25,000 people who served in one or more of three American wars. This 112-acre cemetery lies in the middle of an extinct…
January 15, 2015
For more than a century, BISHOP MUSEUM (bishopmuseum.org) has been the keeper of Hawai‘i’s vast store of natural and cultural history. Founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in Hawai‘i and boasts the world’s largest collection of Polynesian artifacts.…
January 15, 2015
Hawai‘i has a complex past many visitors don’t learn about on the beach. The most diverse state in the U.S., the islands have a LONG PLANTATION HISTORY that contributes to the rich cultural character — and controversy — of the…