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Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu is approximately 2,200 miles from North America, in the subtropics region. With a mild climate that varies between 65 and 90?°F (15 to 32?°C), Honolulu is a sought-after tourist destination. With the miles of beaches and beautiful scenery, it's not hard to understand why. If history is your passion, Honolulu has you well-covered. If you're looking for fun and adventure, this is the place. Whatever your taste, Honolulu has it for you. Come experience paradise.

Median income -- $45,112

Median house value -- $386,700

For more information, visit www.visit-oahu.com 



The Top 10 Attractions in Honolulu

Maui Divers of Hawaii Ltd. 808-946-7979

The world's largest manufacturer of black coral jewelry provides a free design center tour to visitors.

Waikiki Aquarium 808-923-9741

The Aquarium features living corals and colorful reef fish with over 2,500 organisms from 420 species on exhibit, including the endangered Hawaiian monk seal. Get face to face with sharks and the humuhumunukunukupuaa reef triggerfish.

Entrance to Waikiki Aquarium today
Arizona Memorial Museum Association 808-422-2771 ex. 118

In co-operation with the National Park Service, the Association operates a bookstore at the USS Arizona Memorial that provides visitors with material about the attack on Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific.

Battleship Missouri Memorial 877-891-1234

Where WWII ended with the surrender of the Japanese forces lies the Battleship Missouri. With over six decades of life at sea and 60,000 tons to explore, the Battleship Missouri Memorial is an interactive educational and inspirational monument.

Friends of Iolani Palace 808-522-0832

Guided tours of the official residence of King Kalakaua and Queen Liliuolcalani, 1882 to 1893.

Hawaii Theatre 808-528-0506

Built in 1922 as a showplace for vaudeville, plays, musicals and silent films. The Theatre is now a state-of-the-art multi-purpose art performance center.

Hawaii Theatre Exterior renovations
Queen Emma Summer Palace 808-595-3167

Queen Emma was one of the earliest symbols of the islands' cosmopolitan culture. View her historic summer palace.

Honolulu Zoo

On a park on Monsarrat Avenue, lies the 40-acre Honolulu Zoo, home to over 2,000 animals.

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Tantalus Rainforest

Travel north of Honolulu through the 2,013 foot Tantalus Rainforest and the Mountain. Enjoy panoramic views of the Honolulu skyline below on this hillside of wildlife, flowers and trees of guava, banana, eucalyptus and ginger.

Shangri-La 808-734-1941

Don Duke's home, built in 1930, is an architecturally significant home which includes a collection of Islamic artwork.



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