The Anna Ranch Heritage Center, a National Historic Site, was in the same ranching family for five generations. It is still a working ranch, and shares the story of a remarkable woman in ranching, Anna Lindsey Perry-Fiske, who was known as "The First Lady of Ranching" in Hawaii. The ranch was founded by Anna's great, great grandfather James Fay who was a contemporary of John Palmer Parker, the founder of Parker Ranch. The ranch house has been maintained and restored for its historic character and contains a significant archive collection of records, photographs, maps, artifacts, and household items that tell a story of Waimea's past, and the rich history of ranching on Hawaii island.

On the waterfront in historical Kailua-Kona, Hulihe‘e Palace was built in 1838 as a home for High Chief Kuakini, governor of the island of Hawai‘i. Today, it has been restored and furnished to reflect the lifestyle of the Hawaiian royalty in the late 1800s.

The Onizuka Center for International Astronomy, also known as Hale Pōhaku, is a complex of support facilities for the telescopes and other instruments that comprise the Mauna Kea Observatory atop Mauna Kea, on Hawai'i island.

Parker Ranch, in Waimea on Hawaii’s Big Island, was founded in 1847. It is one of the oldest and most historic ranches in the United States. Encompassing across thousands of acres across the island, Parker Ranch is also among the country’s largest cattle ranches.

The Isaacs Art Center is a combination of art museum and retail gallery in Waimea on the Island of Hawaii. The art center’s installation intermixes its own permanent art collection with loans from private collectors and works for sale. The art on display consists primarily of paintings by early and mid twentieth century Hawaii artists. The permanent collection includes about 30 oil paintings and 40 works on paper by Madge Tennent. Other Hawaii artists represented include Jean Charlot, Martha Greenwell, D. Howard Hitchcock, Herb Kawainui Kane, Huc-Mazelet Luquiens, Ben Norris, Louis Pohl, Horatio Nelson Poole, Lloyd Sexton, Jr., and Lionel Walden.

The Kamuela Museum is an entirely privately owned museum. The museum contains a truly eclectic assortment of items collected over the years by the Solomons or passed down from their ancestors, which include the founder of the Parker Ranch. The museum includes six pieces of furniture which were original to the Iolani Palace and which are valued in the millions.

The space center is an educational facility dedicated to the memory of Hawaii’s first astronaut who perished aboard the Challenger Mission in 1986. The Center’s interactive exhibits and videos tell the history of manned space flight, physics and daily life in space.