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Indigenous sacred sites in Hawaii, United States
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Hikiau Heiau, Hawaii
Captain Cook, Hawaii, United States
On the shore of Kealakekua Bay, massive stones rise in witness to what came before and what persists....
Hikinaakala Heiau, Kauai
Kapaa, Hawaii, United States
At the mouth of the Wailua River on Kauai's eastern shore, the foundation stones of Hikinaakala Heiau mark the exact point where the rising sun first touches the island....
Iao Valley State Park, Maui
Wailuku, Hawaii, United States
In the West Maui Mountains, mist drifts through a valley that has been sacred to Hawaiians for centuries....
Keahiakawelo (Garden of the Gods), Hawaii
Lanai City, Hawaii, United States
On the remote northwestern shore of Lanai, red rock towers rise from barren earth in formations so otherworldly that visitors struggle to reconcile them with typical...
Kilauea
Volcano, Hawaii, United States
On Hawaii's Big Island, Kilauea volcano rises as the dwelling place of Pele, goddess of fire and creator of the Hawaiian Islands....
Kukaniloko Birthstones, Hawaii
Wahiawa, Hawaii, United States
In the pineapple fields of central Oahu, stones rise from the earth that are not quite stones....
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii, United States
Mauna Kea rises nearly 14,000 feet above Hawaii Island, a dormant volcano that Native Hawaiians call Mauna a Wakea, the first-born mountain child of Sky Father and Earth...
Mo'okini Heiau
Hawi, Hawaii, United States
On a windswept point at the northern tip of Hawaii's Big Island stands Mo'okini Heiau, one of the oldest temples in the Hawaiian archipelago....
Mt. Haleakala, Maui
Kula, Hawaii, United States
At 10,023 feet above the Pacific, Haleakala's summit crater opens onto a landscape that resembles no other place on Earth....
Piilanihale Heiau temple, Maui
Hana, Hawaii, United States
Deep in the jungle of Maui's remote Hana coast stands Polynesia's largest temple....
Pohaku Ho'ohanau, Kauai
Kapaa, Hawaii, United States
On Kauai's eastern shore, within the Wailua Complex of Heiaus, two weathered stones mark the threshold where royal ali'i entered the physical world....
Poli'ahu Heiau, Kauai
Kapaa, Hawaii, United States
On a bluff above Kauai's Wailua River, massive stone walls enclose a temple that once served the island's paramount chiefs....
Puʻu o Mahuka Heiau
Pūpūkea / Haleʻiwa, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, Hawaii, United States
Puʻu o Mahuka is the largest heiau on Oʻahu, a luakini-class temple reserved for the highest political and religious rites of the island's paramount chiefs....
Puu Loa Petroglyphs, Hawaii
Volcano, Hawaii, United States
On a 550-year-old lava flow in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, over 23,000 petroglyphs cover a volcanic dome called the Hill of Long Life....
Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Hawaii
Honaunau, Hawaii, United States
On the black lava coast of Hawaii's Big Island, a massive stone wall marks the boundary between ordinary life and sanctuary....
Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Hawaii
Kawaihae, Hawaii, United States
On a windswept hill overlooking Kawaihae Bay, the massive walls of Puukohola Heiau stand as testimony to the founding moment of the Hawaiian Kingdom....
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