We were headed for Hawaii’s Forbidden Island. Few people, even Hawaiians from other islands, have ever set foot on Niihau. Noi Igou, the housekeeper at our rental beach bungalow in Kauai ...

Seventeen miles from Niihau, the Island of Kauai is considered one of ... the remains of some prehistoric stone walls, some 1,300-foot sea cliffs, a small cove where Capt. James Cook landed ...

Niihau Island is only 17 miles from the resort-lined ... Residents travel by bicycles or foot and they don’t pay rent. Since 1864, guaranteed full-time work for the inhabitants was supplied ...

Niihau (pronounced NEE-EE-HOW) actually became the "Forbidden Island" during a polio epidemic ... As with the spectacular, imposing 1,200-foot cliffs that buttress the windward side of this ...

It’s the Forbidden Island. A remote landmass where an ancient dialect of Hawaiian is spoken fluently by its native residents. Shrouded in mystery and intrigue, Niihau is situated 17 miles off ...

Our boat is closing in on Niihau, the Forbidden Island, whose arid flanks slope dramatically skyward and call to mind a flat-top haircut. We won’t be allowed to set foot on the enigmatic ...

For those of you who like to snorkel or scuba dive, can you imagine jumping off a dive boat into water that is so clear you can see the bottom 400 feet below? Shawna Tafiti (the batting cage in ...

Remains of the Zero that crashed on Hawaii’s Niihau island, on display at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum. Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Flying in the second wave of the attack, he had ...

We were headed for Hawaii's Forbidden Island. Few people, even Hawaiians from other islands, have ever set foot on Niihau. Noi Igou, the housekeeper at our rental beach bungalow in Kauai ...