Niihau, about 18 miles northwest of Kauai, is the "Forbidden Island." It has been privately owned by the same family since 1864, when Elizabeth Sinclair purchased it from King Kamehameha V for ...

Niihau is everything Oahu, Maui, the Big Island, even Kauai, are not. It has 130 residents, give or take, and they live in the town of Puuwai.

Niihau’s reputation is well deserved. For nearly a century and a half, the privately owned, 70-square-mile island, located 17 miles southwest of Kauai, has been off limits to outsiders, earning ...

This Niihau lamb is more pronounced but not gamey like New Zealand lamb can be. It’s almost more sweet as it must have something to do with its diet,” says Stanislaw.

Niihau was the second Hawaiian island his ships visited; unfortunately, it was also the first where his men could spend a night ashore, and so the tragic spread of venereal disease began.

Niihau is everything Oahu, Maui, the Big Island, even Kauai, are not. It has 130 residents, give or take, and they live in the town of Puuwai.

Niihau shell lei and jewelry have become increasingly rare, Cappelli said. She began collecting the lei about 22 years ago when there were about 200 permanent residents.

He put on a ski mask, then went to work, smashing a display case. In one minute, he was able to grab 25 of the Niihau shell lei, valued at about $100,000. Also taken: Five, hand-carved hunting knives.

But for $185 Niihau Helicopters will ferry you from Kauai to some of the most inhospitable land in the state. These flight tours are offered two or three times a week.

Kauai’s Robinson family has owned Niihau, home to the last all-Hawaiian community, since 1864, when Elizabeth Sinclair bought the island from the Hawaiian monarchy and moved her family there ...