Diamond Head Crater

Diamond Head Crater, the extinct volcano's profile on the east end of Waikiki, perhaps more than anything symbolizes Honolulu.

As a State Monument, however, the crater itself can be visited as a park and there is a stairway which takes visitors to a viewpoint overlooking Waikiki. Getting to Diamond Head Crater is interesting because one drives up the eastern side of the rock and then passes through a tunnel cut to connect the inner and outer sides of the rim.

This jut of land or head was named when 19th century sailors though some of the crystals found here were diamonds.