Bernice Bishop Museum – The Hawaiʻi State Museum of Natural and Cultural History in Honolulu
A museum of history and science, founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in…
Vanuatu Cultural Centre – The local cultural traditional building in Port Vila
The cultural center works to record and promote the diverse cultures” of Vanuatu. It fulfills…
USS Saratoga – The aircraft carrier rests in Bikini Atoll
It built for the United States Navy during the 1920s. Originally designed as a battlecruiser,…
Cher – Back to the Battleship in Honolulu
The music video, directed by Marty Callner, takes place on board the battleship USS Missouri.…
The Lord of the Rings – The Hobbiton movie Set in Matamata
When Peter Jackson began to look for suitable locations for The Lord of the Rings…
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 – The safe landing in Kahului
Flight was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April…
Stonehenge Aotearoa – A modern adaptation of the Stonehenge ruins in Carterton
Built by members of The Phoenix Astronomy Society, it was intended to raise money for…
Ahu Tongariki Moai Statues – The monolithic human figures on Easter Island
The fifteen human sculptures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in eastern Polynesia…
Amelia Earhart – The global female pilot disappeared in Howland Island
American aviation pioneer and author. In 1932, piloting a Lockheed Vega 5B, Earhart made a…
Captain James Cook – The end of the British explorer in Hawaii Island
He achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the…
Project Mohole – The deep ocean drilling project in Guadalupe Island
The project was an attempt in the early 1960s to drill through the Earth’s crust…