Things to Do in Honolulu

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Ala Moana Beach Park
Ala Moana has a protective reef, which makes it ostensibly a ½-mi-wide...
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Aloha Tower Marketplace
Two stories of shops and kiosks sell island-inspired clothing...
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Battleship Missouri Memorial
Together with the Arizona Memorial, the Missouri's presence in...
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Bishop Museum
Founded in 1889 by Charles R. Bishop as a memorial to his wife...
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Chinatown Cultural Plaza
This sprawling multistory shopping square surrounds a courtyard...
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The Contemporary Art Museum
In the exclusive Makiki Heights neighborhood just minutes from...
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Foster Botanical Garden
Some of the trees in this botanical garden, open since 1931...
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Hawaii Maritime Center
The story of the Islands begins on the seas. The King Kalakaua's...
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Hawaii State Art Museum
Hawaii was one of the first states in the nation to legislate...
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Hawaii State Capitol
The capitol's architecture is richly symbolic: the columns resemble...
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Hawaii State Library
This beautifully renovated main library was built in 1913. Its...
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Hawaii Theatre
Opened in 1922, this theater earned rave reviews for its neoclassical...
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Historic Washington Place
For many years the home of Hawaii's governors, this white-columned...
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Honolulu Academy of Arts
Originally built around the collection of a Honolulu matron who...
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Honolulu Hale
This Mediterranean Renaissance-style building was constructed...
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Iolani Palace
America's only royal residence was built in 1882 on the site...
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Izumo Taisha Shrine
From Chinatown Cultural Plaza, cross a stone bridge to visit...
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Kahala
Oahu's wealthiest neighborhood has streets lined with multimillion-dollar...
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Kakaako Waterfront Park
Rolling hills carpeted in lush green grass greet the visitor...
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Kamehameha I Statue
Paying tribute to the Big Island chieftain who united all the...
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Kawaiahao Church
Fancifully called Hawaii's Westminster Abbey, this 14,000-coral-block...
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Kuan Yin Temple
A couple of blocks mauka (toward the mountains) from Chinatown...
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Maunakea Marketplace
On the corner of Maunakea and Hotel streets is this plaza surrounded...
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Mission Houses Museum
The determined Hawaii missionaries arrived in 1820, gaining royal...
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Moiliili
Packed into the neighborhood of Moiliili are flower and lei shops...
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National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Nestled in the bowl of Puowaina, or Punchbowl Crater, this 112-acre...
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Nuuanu Avenue
Here on Chinatown's southern border and on Bethel Street, which...
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Oahu Marketplace
Here is a taste of old-style Chinatown, where you're likely to...
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Queen Emma Summer Palace
Queen Emma and her family used this stately white home, built...
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Tantalus and Round Top Scenic Drive
A few minutes and a world away from Waikiki and Honolulu, this...
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USS Arizona Memorial
Snugged up tight in a row of seven battleships off Ford Island...
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USS Bowfin Memorial
Launched one year to the day after the Pearl Harbor attack, the...
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