On the Big Island of Hawaii, where the waves roll into Kealakekua Bay, a white obelisk 27 feet tall looms over the shoreline. It's a tribute to the great circumnavigator Captain James Cook. It stands ...

Amid nationwide calls to reexamine America’s history of racism, activists say that a statue of the Captain Cook is a place for Anchorage to start its own conversation. The statue stands overlooking ...

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time dedicated to honoring the histories, cultures, and contributions of Pacific Islander and Asian communities. It is also a moment to ...

HONOLULU (KHON) — An ʻahu ʻula (feather cloak) and mahiole (feather helmet) that were held at Bishop Museum on a long-term loan have now been entrusted to remain there in perpetuity. They were ...

In the late 1700s, a woman collected over a thousand seashells from all over the world. The collection was believed to be lost for decades, until they were saved from the garbage in the 1980s. In the ...

As many in the Lower 48 call for statues of Confederate leaders to be removed amid a national reckoning on race, some Alaska residents are conducting a similar movement demanding statues tied to ...

The fate of Captain James Cook’s iconic ship, the HMS Endeavour, which helped chart the Australian and New Zealand coastlines, has finally been resolved. After more than 250 years, scientists have ...

It is time to see Captain James Cook sail away again. Anchorage has tortured Cook too long by placing his statue where it gazes day and night on the inlet that bears his name. Cook in fact despised ...

SYDNEY, Australia — Australian maritime experts said Thursday that they believe they’ve found the wreck of one of the most important ships in the history of the South Pacific, which sank off the East ...