Swing Dancing Returns to O‘ahu in the Nineties and More From Hawai‘i’s History
A look back at Honolulu from 1948 to 2003. Stories taken from the archives of the Paradise of the Pacific and HONOLULU Magazine.
Hawaiian History
O‘ahu in 1957: The Day the Pali Highway Opened
One day in May, Hawai‘i drivers started going through the Ko‘olau mountain range to Kailua, instead of over it.
O‘ahu in 1937: Stories From When the Vanderbilts, George F. Baker and Henry Robinson Luce Visited Hawai‘i
Here we see how the other half lived on vacation—sometimes breaking the law in style—and even, in one instance, dying.
[PHOTOS] Many Gather in Downtown Honolulu in Support of Maunakea
Cultural practitioners from ʻĪlioʻulaokalani Coalition, including six hālau hula, and people from across Oʻahu gathered at ‘Iolani Palace.
The Sacred History of Maunakea
As protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope on the Big Island stretch into a fourth week, we look at the history of the summit.
O‘ahu in 1963: Housing the Royal Household Guards at the Halekoa
A modern state building was in the works. But a quiet coral-block barracks stood in its way.
Merriam-Webster Updates Definition of “Hawaiian” With a New Usage Note
The word has a new note next to it on Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, thanks, in part, to an email from a local writer.
O‘ahu in 1934: Honolulu’s Vanishing Street Car Tracks
The advent of Honolulu’s new, technologically advanced fleet of Twin Coach buses signaled a new era in the city’s rapid transit system.
Quote Unquote: Honolulu’s Registrar for the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts
When he’s not coordinating the Honolulu City Lights annual holiday wreath contest or dressing up for historical re-enactments, Tory Laitila is responsible for helping manage the city’s art collection.
Portraits of Gender and Sexual Identities in the Hawaiian Community
Mana Magazine explored Hawaiian cultural traditions through modern icons.
Jacques Arago’s Sketch from 1819 of Lahaina in Maui Makes its Return to Hawai‘i
A sketch of Maui that began on a French ship in 1819 is back in the Islands because of a collector, an Australian book dealer and a secret donor.
Boki’s Beans: A People’s History of Hawaiian Coffee
It’s one of Hawai‘i’s most famous crops. But the roots of Kona coffee stretch back nearly 200 years to a tragic trip across the Atlantic, an imaginative Hawaiian governor, a British grower and a café.
SOS as Time Runs Out for Falls of Clyde in Honolulu Harbor
The state put the historic sailing ship up for auction after the vessel started to sink.
Bette Midler Returns Home to Perform in Honolulu and More From Hawai‘i’s History
A look back at Honolulu from 1948 to 2003. Stories taken from the archives of the Paradise of the Pacific and HONOLULU Magazine.
The Three-Ring Circus Comes to Honolulu, Customs Confiscates 48 Pounds of Opioids and More From Hawai‘i’s History
A look back at Honolulu from 1948 to 2003. Stories taken from the archives of the Paradise of the Pacific and HONOLULU Magazine.
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Lets You Climb Into Cockpits
Besides model aircraft and exhibits that depict Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, coast through the skies, dogfight in the air and land on the deck of an aircraft carrier in the museum’s combat flight simulator.
O‘ahu Museum Ideas: Sleep Next to a Volcano at Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
The challenge at this museum has always been how to showcase its 26 million artifacts and objects.
O‘ahu Museums Ideas: Dance in Front of Homes at Hawai‘i’s Plantation Village
The village is home to 25 structures that depict what life was like for the ethnic groups that lived and worked on Hawai‘i’s plantations.
O‘ahu Museum Ideas: Listen to Stories in a Cemetery at Hawaiian Mission Houses
The mission houses were a site to create and share culture. Two centuries later, they still are.
O‘ahu Museum Ideas: Have a Picnic in Front of Moving Art at HoMA and Spalding House
The Honolulu Museum of Art is a treasure trove of Asian, European, Hawaiian, American and contemporary art.
From Our Files: Moments from Hawai‘i’s History – November Edition
A look back at Honolulu from 1948 to 2003. Stories taken from the archives of the Paradise of the Pacific and HONOLULU Magazine.
O‘ahu Museum Ideas: Have Tea at Queen Emma’s Summer Palace
Inside, treasures fill each room: a friendship bracelet containing a lock of English Queen Victoria’s hair; a fireman’s jacket belonging to Emma’s son, Prince Albert Edward; a cloak that survived a bombing in England during World War II
O‘ahu Museum Ideas: Throw a Pier Party at the Battleship “Missouri” Memorial
Best known as the site of the official end of World War II, the USS “Missouri” makes a perfect bookend to the USS “Arizona” Memorial just a few hundred yards off its bow.
Experience Dec. 7, 1941 Virtually at WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument
Spread over nine sites across three states, the WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument honors the people, places and events of World War II in the Pacific theater.
