We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Suppose you wake up in Liliuokalani Gardens, and you can't remember how you got there. You stand up, look around, and see a stone bridge ...

Shannon Wianecki grew up in Hawaii and writes about the Islands regularly. Hilo sits between the sea, the often-snow-capped summit of Mauna Kea and the smoldering Kilauea volcano. Twice swept ...