Hawaii Fact 34 of 50: Hawaii Daylight Hours Don’t Vary Much

Since Hawaii is located closer to the equator as compared to the rest of North America, the amount of daylight time as well as the sunrise and sunset times don’t vary as much. Generally speaking the further north (or south) you go from the equator, you experience wider variation of sunrise and sunset times through [...]

Hawaii Cows

After posting about Hawaii’s cowboy, the paniolo, earlier today, I was reminded of one of my favorite off-beat Hawaii vacation photos. So, I thought it would make a good excuse to share the photo here. It’s of a cow pasture near Honokaa off Highway 240 on Hawaii’s Big Island. Here’s a close up of one [...]

Hawaii Fact 33 of 50: The Paniolo, Hawaii’s Cowboy

As we’ve discovered in this series of 50 facts about the 50th State, Hawaii is unique in so many ways. Today’s fact focuses on yet another iniquity, Hawaii’s cowboy, the paniolo. Per the Bishop Museum, “Paniolo music, dress, and arts are uniquely Hawaiian.” Where else will you find cowboys who play the ukulele and wear [...]

Hawaii Fact 32 of 50: Hawaii’s State Capitol Building

Hawaii’s State Capitol building is located in downtown Honolulu at 415 South Beretania Street. You may notice from the photo on the left (credit to Cliff1066), that this capitol building doesn’t look like any capitol building from the US mainland. To me, I think the building definitely fits with Hawaii’s architecture and has a modern [...]

Hawaii Fact 31 of 50: Ka Lae is Hawaii’s & the US’s Southernmost Point

Most folks probably think that the Florida Keys are the southernmost point of the 50 United States, but actually Hawaii’s Ka Lae holds that claim to fame. Ka Lae is the southernmost point of the Big Island of Hawaii. You may also hear Ka Lae by the name of South Point. For more information about [...]

Hawaii Fact 30 of 50: Where WW II Began & Ended In One Spot

The above photo shows where the US’s full involvement in WW II began and ended. On the right, you see the USS Arizona Memorial hovering over the the sunken battleship and honoring more than 1000 crewmen who lost their lives in the ship on December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor Day. This event drove the US [...]