The Captain Cook Monument is a 27-foot obelisk that was erected in 1874 to memorialize where Cook died. He was killed in 1779 after a fight broke out between the Hawaiians and Westerners. The monument ...

An investigation is underway to determine the culprit behind an act of vandalism over the holiday weekend at the Captain Cook Monument on the shoreline of Kealakekua Bay. On Monday, the state ...

Life-size statue of Capt. James Cook at Resolution Park in downtown Anchorage. March 22, 2023 (Photo by Joaqlin Estus/ICT) A monument to Captain James Cook in downtown Anchorage hails him as “greatest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the Big Island of Hawaii, where the waves roll into Kealakekua Bay, a white obelisk 27 feet tall looms over the shoreline. It's ...