The USS Arizona Memorial is a white concrete structure that stretches one hundred eighty-four feet across the harbor, sagging in the center while rising at both ends. It floats above the sunken hull of the battleship USS Arizona without…
History of Honolulu
Follow a historical route from Pearl Harbor up to the Nuʻuanu Pali Lookout, highlighting twentieth-century landmarks, royal residencies, and early missionary sites.
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1. USS Arizona Memorial
2. Aloha Tower
Aloha Tower rises one hundred eighty-four feet above Pier Nine at Honolulu Harbor, distinguished by the word "ALOHA" etched in large letters on all four sides of its upper section. Completed in nineteen twenty-six, the structure features…
3. Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives
The Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives is defined by a cluster of three distinct buildings built between eighteen twenty-one and eighteen forty-one, each showcasing a different material approach to life in the islands. The…
4. Kawaiahaʻo Church
Kawaiahaʻo Church is distinguished by walls constructed from fourteen thousand slabs of coral rock. These blocks, some weighing as much as one thousand pounds, were harvested by Hawaiian divers who chiseled them by hand from offshore reefs…
5. Iolani Palace
Iolani Palace is a two-story structure of plastered brick, concrete, and iron, distinguished by its American Florentine architectural style. Completed in eighteen eighty-two by King David Kalākaua, it stands as the only official royal…
6. Washington Place
Washington Place is a two-and-a-half-story Greek Revival mansion defined by its exterior walls of coral stone, wooden upper framing, and wide verandas that wrap around the house. Built between eighteen forty-four and eighteen forty-seven…
7. National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific occupies the interior of Punchbowl Crater, an extinct volcanic tuff cone that rises from the landscape of Honolulu. Known in the Hawaiian language as Puowaina, or Hill of Sacrifice, the crater…
8. Queen Emma Summer Palace
Queen Emma Summer Palace, also known as Hānaiakamalama, sits in the emerald uplands of Nuuanu Valley. The residence is a one-story, white-framed house characterized by a front porch with tall Doric columns in the Greek Revival style.…
9. Nuʻuanu Pali State Wayside
The Nuʻuanu Pali State Wayside is marked by its position atop a sheer, precipitous cliff face where powerful trade winds constantly funnel through the Koʻolau mountain pass. This steep pass has served as a primary transit route between the…