A half-hour drive from the capital city of Honolulu, Waimanalo feels like another planet. Set along these white-sand beaches, the village of Waimanalo is a three-mile (4.83-kilometer) stretch of houses, shops, and parks that serves a small population of 9,057 residents.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Zip USA: Waimanalo, Hawaii," February 2001, National Geographic magazine)