House of Fire

Puna


Artist Rika Blue and her daughter, Hannah, handle the beautiful pottery at this artisan gallery, which curates work from over 60 Big Island artists. The wealth of photography, art prints, paintings, ceramics and volcano pieces might just be the sort of souvenir you're looking to take home – and won't look at a year later and think, 'What was I thinking?' Gorgeous stuff.


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Nearby Puna attractions

1. New Kaimu Beach

0.39 MILES

Kaimu was the most beautiful black-sand beach in Hawaii until the 1990 lava flow that consumed Kalapana torched its stately palms and filled the bay with…

2. Star of the Sea Church

0.89 MILES

Known locally as the 'Painted Church,' this historic Catholic chapel is noted for its collection of murals including a simple trompe l'oeil cathedral…

3. Kehena Beach

3.56 MILES

If any place captures the vibe of Puna, it's this beautiful black-sand beach tucked beneath a cliff where all walks of life – hippies, Hawaiians, gays,…

4. MacKenzie State Recreation Area

8.77 MILES

A moody, windswept grove of ironwood trees edge sheer cliffs towering above the ocean. The raw beauty of this powerful landscape makes an unforgettable…

5. Pahoa Recycling and Transfer Station

8.92 MILES

Although the award-winning, $3.9-million solar-powered transfer station is a solid waste management marvel, trashless travelers flock here to ogle its…

6. Puʻu ʻOʻo

9.05 MILES

Puʻu ʻOʻo vent saw the longest-lasting and most voluminous of the Kilauea's eruptions, oozing an estimated 80 to 160 million gallons of lava per day, or…

7. Lava Tree State Monument

9.38 MILES

An easy 0.6-mile paved loop takes you past ancient ‘lava trees,’ created in 1790 when pahoehoe (smooth-flowing lava) from Kilauea’s East Rift Zone…

8. Holei Sea Arch

9.47 MILES

Constantly brutalized by unrelenting surf, the coastal section of Chain of Craters Road has sharply eroded lava-rock pali (cliffs). Visible from near the…