Located on the island of Molokai aka “Friendly Island”, Pala’au State Park is surrounded by a gorgeous ironwood forest whose needles shed to create soft grounds and feelings of serenity. The park offers a scenic overlook of historic Kalalupapa, and just 200 yards from the Kalaupapa Lookout, at the base of Nanahoa Hill, is an opportunity for giggles in the form of a six-foot high phallic rock. In all seriousness though, according to legend, the male fertility god (Nanahoa) lived nearby and couples having trouble conceiving children still make the pilgrimage to stay overnight. Other stones in the area are carved to represent female genitalia, and sometimes taken home to bless the soil and land with fertility.
Located on the island of Molokai aka “Friendly Island”, Pala’au State Park is surrounded by a gorgeous ironwood forest whose needles shed to create soft grounds and feelings of serenity. The park offers a scenic overlook of historic Kalalupapa, and just 200 yards from the Kalaupapa Lookout, at the base of Nanahoa Hill, is an opportunity for giggles in the form of a six-foot high phallic rock. In all seriousness though, according to legend, the male fertility god (Nanahoa) lived nearby and couples having trouble conceiving children still make the pilgrimage to stay overnight. Other stones in the area are carved to represent female genitalia, and sometimes taken home to bless the soil and land with fertility.
Steeped in history and folklore, Pālāʻau Campground is nestled alongside a phallic stone that, in its enigmatic allure, is thought to boost fertility in couples struggling to conceive. Noted for being a tent-only site, all of the campsites sit within the ironwood grove ecosystem of the area’s like-named state park. Read more...
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Steeped in history and folklore, Pālāʻau Campground is nestled alongside a phallic stone that, in its enigmatic allure, is thought to boost fertility in couples struggling to conceive. Noted for being a tent-only site, all of the campsites sit within the ironwood grove ecosystem of the area’s like-named state park. Read more...
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