Honolulu isn't just sun, sand, surf, tiny-umbrella-spiked cocktails and tall beachside hotels–though we'd understand if you thought so. Oahu's main city is bustling with entertainment and intrigue.

Fun Fact: Shangri La is often compared to Topkapi Palace in Istanbul and the Taj Mahal in India. The philanthropist and American tobacco heiress Doris Duke spent her winters living in this opulent ...

Launched in 1944, the USS Missouri (or "Mighty Mo") is best known for hosting a meeting between Allied and Axis representatives that led to Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. After the war ...

If a beach vacation (read: turquoise water, umbrella drinks, palm trees and walking around in flip-flops) is your kind of therapy, as it is for me, look to Honolulu. I discovered Hawaii’s capital is a ...

As told to Trupti Rami, the assistant managing editor, digital, at New York “Honolulu can definitely be romanticized, but it is a city. Those of us that live here lead fairly regular lives, but we do ...