The Pink Bunker (Battery Hulu)

Oh the places a wrong turn will take you.  While looking for the popular Pink Bunker of Puu-O-Hulu, we stumbled across an abandoned treasure. Continue reading

From Artillery to Archery

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I have recently become addicted with exploring old military bunkers. As the weekend approached, I began thinking and researching new sites that we had not yet been.  After hours of scouring the web and scanning the Island of Oahu on Google Earth, I remembered a bunker that I had driven by dozens of times. It was simply hiding in plain sight. Continue reading

Concealed Abandoned Bunker

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Being the World War II nerd that I am, I could not refrain from investigating rumors of an abandoned WWII bunker on Oahu’s Koolau mountain.  The concealed military reservation was supposedly comprised of 3 bunkers. Continue reading

Secret Abandoned Bunker

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After a ton of research, I finally found the holy grail of World War II bunkers here on Oahu!  As it remains a relatively unspoiled historical monument, many people have worked to keep this place a secret. Continue reading