Kauai

Even if you’ve visited Kauai before, there are still quirky things to discover that the guidebooks won’t tell you. Guidebooks focus on things like sightseeing, excursions, and where to eat out. But there’s a lot more to know about Kauai. We put together this list after living here for almost a year. A younger friend …

Hanalei, on the north shore of Kauai, is home to several excellent examples of early 20th century beach houses, lining Weke Road along Hanalei Bay. Built by Kauai’s founding missionary and agricultural families as summer residences, all but one of these on our list appear on the National and Hawaii State Historic Registers. Check out …

We went down to the Hanalei Pier to see Hokule‘a and her sibling voyaging canoe, Hikianalia, who had arrived earlier in the week. The big sisters dwarfed most of the other boats in Hanalei Bay. Hosting tours of schoolchildren and the public, the Polynesian Voyaging Society was finishing a series of stops throughout the main islands …