Waikiki Time Machine

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More than a year before Waikiki built its first grand hotel, visionary businessman Benjamin Dillingham opened a luxury resort hotel on a str...

Leonard’s on Kapahulu Avenue has been the go-to place for malasadas since the bakery was started by Leonard DoRego in 1952. These crusty con...

The first screen version. This excerpt shows one of the dramatic high points of the film. Warning: the dance sequence is not exactly hula ka...

A publicity still with Debra Paget and Louis Jourdan. This was the second cinematic rendering of the “Bird” story, following a version with ...

Vue of the King’s Heiau at Kealakekua. Jacques Arago (1790-1855), the French writer, artist and explorer, was a major player in the document...

Marquee Notes: “Lady in the Dark” was released in February, 1944. The coming attraction, “Girl Crazy,” was released in November, 1943. Hawa...

Heading down Fort Street toward Honolulu Harbor in tropical whites.

The short, block-and-a-half stretch between the Ala Wai Canal and Kalakaua Avenue in the western part of Waikiki was named for the High Chie...

From her maiden voyage in 1933 until 1962 (with a break as a troop carrier during WW2) she plied the Pacific while plying her passengers wit...