Jun. 24—The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has given the green light to demolish the Diamond Head Breakwater, a wall of large boulders that juts out into the ocean, creating a protected ...

Shangri La’s garden was designed based on the Mughal dynasty’s gardens. Photo Credit: Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design One of the richest heiresses in the world, Doris Duke, daughter ...

Shangri La calls to mind a secluded paradise, an exotic place that evokes the mysteries of the ancient Orient. For the late philanthropist and art collector Doris Duke, her 5-acre retreat in Honolulu ...

In 1938, American tobacco heiress Doris Duke embarked on one of her periodic shopping trips to Europe and Asia. Then 25, “the richest girl in the world”—as newspapers had dubbed her when she was a ...

The only child of a tobacco baron, Doris Duke was once called the world's richest girl. She died almost 30 years ago, but left a legacy that includes a one of a kind home and now museum here in ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Sundance Institute, Doris Duke Foundation and Islamic Scholarship Fund have announced the second crop of recipients for its Building Bridges Fellowship, as part of the larger $1 million ...

Sallie Bingham’s new biography, “The Silver Swan,” adds a wealth of new material to our understanding of the heiress and philanthropist. By Meryl Gordon Colonial-era homes line the streets of The ...

(AP) Shangri La calls to mind a secluded paradise, an exotic place that evokes the mysteries of the ancient Orient. For the late philanthropist and art collector Doris Duke, her 5-acre retreat in ...

Officials say several people have been injured from misjudging conditions and jumping or diving into the swimming hole fronting Doris Duke’s Shangri La. This time around, the application for a ...

“Doris Duke was perfectly comfortable living with old masters and American decorative arts and furnishings, which she grew up with and had in her other homes,” says Shangri La’s executive director, ...