One of the most exciting locations on Maui is Front Street, a bustling and historic oceanfront avenue in the former whaling town of Lahaina.<\/p>\n
The many shops and eateries along Front Street provide something for everyone including plenty of arts and crafts stores as well as lots of souvenir shops and many hidden treasures. Lahaina Harbor<\/em> Pioneer Inn<\/em> The Banyan Tree<\/em> Lahaina Courthouse<\/em> Wo Hing Temple<\/em> Baldwin House<\/em> Hauola Stone<\/em> Jodo Mission<\/em> Historic Town\u2019s Main Street Provides Something For Everyone One of the most exciting locations on Maui is Front Street, a bustling and historic oceanfront avenue in the former whaling town of Lahaina. The many shops and eateries along Front Street provide something for everyone including plenty of arts and crafts stores as well as lots… Continue reading Lahaina\u2019s Front Street Is Fun For All<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maui-vacation-information","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1421,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions\/1421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nLahaina\u2019s Front Street Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nThis former whaling port is now home to many boats that take visitors on whale watching trips, snorkeling expeditions, and tours of Molokai and Lanai.\u00a0 There are also many charter fishing boats in the harbor, and each day they go in search of delicious fish such as mahimahi (dorado) and ahi (yellowfin tuna).<\/p>\n
\nRooms are still available for rent in this landmark structure that used to be the town\u2019s only hotel.\u00a0 A Royal Canadian Mountie built the Pioneer Inn in 1901.\u00a0 After he tracked a criminal all the way to Lahaina he didn\u2019t want to leave this beautiful town.\u00a0 He chose the site of the Pioneer Inn for its nice harbor view.<\/p>\n
\nThis renowned tree was planted by the Maui Sheriff in 1873 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the first Christian mission in Lahaina.\u00a0 Concerts and festivals are now held in the shade of this Lahaina landmark.<\/p>\n
\nBuilt in 1859 from coral blocks, this historic building also housed the local prison.\u00a0 A visitor center is now located in the Lahaina Courthouse, and local artists display their work in the former prison cells.<\/p>\n
\nThis fraternal hall was built by sugar plantation workers from China in the 1800s.\u00a0 It now displays artifacts of the lives of these early immigrant workers. You can also see movies taken by Thomas Edison in the early 1900s.<\/p>\n
\nNew England missionary Reverend Dwight Baldwin built this now very historic structure in 1834.\u00a0 Now restored as a museum, the Baldwin House allows visitors to glimpse into the lives of Hawaii\u2019s missionary past.<\/p>\n
\nThis healing stone, or pohaku, outside of the Lahaina Library is said to be able to bring healing and calmness.<\/p>\n
\nThis beautiful structure was built to commemorate the 1868 arrival of Japanese immigrant workers in the Hawaiian Islands.\u00a0 Also notable is the Buddha statue on the grounds of the Jodo Mission\u2014this is the largest Buddha statue outside of Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"