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Pagoda and Torii in Liliu'okalani Gardens. Liliʻuokalani Park and Gardens is a 24.14-acre (97,700 m 2) park with Japanese gardens, located on Banyan Drive in Hilo on the island of Hawaiʻi. The park's site was donated by Queen Liliʻuokalani, and lies southeast of downtown Hilo, on the Waiakea Peninsula in Hilo Bay.
This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Hawaiʻi.The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources Along the Kalalau Trail Honopū Valley , aerial view Nā Pali Coast view from a boat Nā Pali Coast State Park is a 6,175-acre (2,499 ha) state park in the U.S. state of Hawaii , located in the center of the rugged 16-mile (26 km) northwest side of Kauaʻi , the second-oldest inhabited Hawaiian ...
Wichman became the museum's first director, and would later co-found the National Tropical Botanical Garden and donate land to become the Limahuli Garden and Preserve to the garden. [10] The first manager of the museum was Dora Jane Isenberg Cole (1917–1988), a second cousin of Wichman sharing great-grandfather William Harrison Rice (1813 ...
Captain James Cook [3] was the first European reported to have sighted the Hawaiian Islands, and the January 20 landfall on southwestern Kauai was his first arrival upon Hawaiian soil. On January 20, 1778, two ships under the command of British navigator Captain James Cook [ 4 ] set anchor at the mouth of the Waimea River.
Wailua was the land of the ali'i (kings) and was one of the largest ahupuaʻa (subdivisions) on Kauai. It is said that King Kaumuali'i's favorite place to live was in Wailua. The huaka'i po (Ghost Warriors) are said to walk ancient trails along the river at night up to Mount Waiʻaleʻale. Wailua has many moʻo ʻōlelo (ancient stories) of the ...
The Waiʻoli Mission District at Hanalei Bay, on Route 560 along the north shore of the island of Kauaʻi, is the site of a historic mission.The first permanent missionaries to the area arrived in 1834, and the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.