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Hawaii's Plantation Village
The lives of the people who came to Hawaii to work on the sugarcane plantations are showcased by Hawaii's Plantation Village. The setting is particularly evocative, as Waipahu was one of O'ahu's last plantation towns, and its rusty sugar mill, which operated until 1995, still looms on a knoll directly above this site.
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North Shore Surf & Cultural Museum
You can get a sense of how integral surfing is to the town's character by visiting the funky North Shore Surf & Cultural Museum, where the tone is marked by a key North Shore word, 'usually' - it's staffed by volunteers who surf so, naturally, when the surf's up expect the place to be closed up! There's a good collection of vintage surfboards, period photos and classic surf posters, along with reasonably priced lost beach jewelry.
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Polynesian Cultural Center
A nonprofit theme park showcasing the cultures of Polynesia, the Polynesian Cultural Center is owned by the Mormon Church and is one of O'ahu's biggest attractions, second only to the USS Arizona Memorial. The park has seven theme villages representing Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, Tonga, the Marquesas and Hawaii, each containing authentic-looking huts and ceremonial houses, many elaborately built with twisted ropes and hand-carved posts.
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