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Molokai ranked 10th among the 111 destination locales. The survey cited Molokai's undeveloped tropical landscape, environmental stewardship, and rich, deep Hawaiian traditions (the island's mana). The neighbor islands of Hawaii, Kauai, Maui and Oahu, ranked 50, 61, 81 and 104, respectively. [41] Molokai is believed to be the birthplace of the hula.
The six islands of Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and the Big Island welcome over 10 million people a year. Until you can visit the Aloha State, you can daydream with these jaw-dropping ...
Kalaupapa National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in Kalaupapa, Hawaiʻi, on the island of Molokaʻi.Coterminous with the boundaries of Kalawao County [citation needed] and primarily on Kalaupapa peninsula, it was established by Congress in 1980 to expand upon the earlier National Historic Landmark site of the Kalaupapa Leper Settlement.
Kalawao County (Hawaiian: Kalana o Kalawao) is a county in the U.S. state of Hawaii. [1] It is the smallest county in the 50 states by land area and the second-smallest county by population, after Loving County, Texas. [2]
Kalaupapa postmark Kalaupapa Peninsula as seen from a descent down the sea cliffs The Kalaupapa Leper Settlement. Kalaupapa (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kəlɐwˈpɐpə]) [1] [2] is a small unincorporated community and Hawaiian home land [3] on the island of Molokaʻi, within Kalawao County in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
Molokai Light, also known as U.S. Coast Guard Molokai Light, is a lighthouse in Kalawao County, Hawaii, on the island of Molokai. It was built in 1909 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Being a primarily agricultural land, producing around 80 percent of the world's pineapples in the 1960s, [120] the addition of Pan Am’s flight route to Hawaii rapidly increased the number of visitors going to the islands. The years following statehood led to more than double the number of passengers arriving at Honolulu airport. [121]
Kalawao (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kələˈvɐo̯]) is a location on the eastern side of the Kalaupapa Peninsula of the island of Molokai, in Hawaii, which was the site of Hawaii's leper colony between 1866 and the early 20th century. Thousands of people in total came to the island to live in quarantine.