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Ahupua‘a O Kahana State Park

Hau'ula, Hawai'i

Park

Pick up a hiking trail map at the orientation center to explore Kahana Valley State Park, the only State-owned ahupuaÔa (land division that runs from the ocean to the mountain ridge) left intact from prehistoric times. The park includes archaeological si

Allerton Garden

Koloa, Hawai'i

Arboretum, Botanical Garden, Culture, History, Historic House, Park

The earliest history of Allerton Garden was intermingled with the upper part of the Lawa’i Valley that is now the McBryde Garden. Both were integral to the ahupua’a (land division) of Lawa’i. It was not until well after the arrival of the first Europeans in the late 1700s and the subsequent changes to the traditional Hawaiian way of life that the history of the lower Lawa’i Valley began to diverge from that of the upper valley.

Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center

Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i

Science

Dedicated to the memory of HawaiÔiÕs first astronaut who perished aboard the Challenger Mission in 1986, the CenterÕs interactive exhibits and videos tell the history of manned space flight, physics and daily life in space.

Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum

Pu'unene, Hawai'i

Culture, History, Historic House

Located in a beautifully refurbished plantation superintendent's home, next to Hawaii's last operating sugar mill, the museum exhibits the history and heritage of the sugar industry and the multi-ethnic plantation life it engendered.

Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden

Captain Cook, Hawai'i

Botanical Garden

This 15 acre garden focuses on Hawaiian ethnobotany: the story of traditional Hawaiian culture and the plants that support it. See many interesting features in a 15 minute walk; exploring the whole garden and archaeological remnants may take an hour or m