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Hawaii
Home to Kīlauea on the southeast side of the Big Island.
Hawaii
Pacific Golden Plover. Flies non-stop from Alaska to winter in Hawaii every year, often coming back to the same patch of lawn.
Nature
Hard enamel pin of the 'Ohi'a Lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha), a culturally significant flowering evergreen endemic to Hawaii and one of the most important woods in Hawaiian culture. Their stunning flowers range from red to yellow. 'Ohi'a are usually the first plants to grow on fresh lava flows. These iconic trees are now threatened by Rapid 'Ohi'a Death (ROD).
Landmarks
Enamel pin of 'Iolani Palace, the only royal palace in the United States. Cornerstone laid December 31, 1879 with full Masonic rites, completed in 1882. The palace served as the official residence of the Hawaiian monarchs, where they held official functions and received dignitaries from around the world.
Hawaii
Aloha — Gotta share 'em brah! A fun Hawaiian spirit enamel pin picked up at the Made in Hawaii Festival on Oahu.
Landmarks
Enamel pin of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu.
Museums
Honolulu Museum of Art enamel pin.
Hawaii
Small Kine — a Hawaiian pidgin parody swoosh pin.
Museums
Housed in Battery Randolph, a 1911 coastal defense bunker on the beach at Fort DeRussy in Waikīkī.
Hawaii
Hawaiian goose. Down to ~30 wild birds in the 1950s, now back to ~3,000.
Hawaii
Byodo-In on Oahu's windward side, a non-denominational replica of the 950-year-old Byōdō-in in Uji.
Other
Second Stagecoach Greens pin, different hole.
Hawaii
No-frills Honolulu shave ice spot. Family-run since 1940. Uniquely fluffy ice.
Disney
Disney's Aulani Resort in Ko Olina on Oahu's leeward side.
Nature
Gold honu (green sea turtle) silhouette.
Hawaii
Family-run shave ice in Haleʻiwa on the North Shore. Open since 1951.
Landmarks
1909 lighthouse on the Mendocino headlands.
Other
Stagecoach Greens mini-golf in Mission Bay.
Brands
Second Blue Bottle pin, limited cafe pop-up design.
Travel
Điện Biên Phủ from northwest Vietnam, where the 1954 battle ended French colonial rule.
Travel
Gold star on red. Picked up in Hanoi's Old Quarter.
Brands
Bitcoin logo, the orange disc with the slanted B.
Travel
Sarah Winchester's 161-room Victorian in San Jose. Stairs to nowhere, doors that open into walls.
Travel
Coastal town south of SF. Pumpkins, Mavericks, and Highway 1.
Nature
Old-growth coast redwoods just north of SF. Named for John Muir in 1908.
Other
COVID-19 commemorative from the early pandemic.
Brands
Blue Bottle Coffee logo pin.
Brands
Bay Area roaster known for high-end espresso.
Landmarks
Golden Gate Bridge in International Orange. Finished 1937.
Landmarks
Picked up after the cellhouse audio tour.
Travel
SF riff on the Glaser NYC original.
Travel
Powell-Hyde cable car, the most photographed line.
Travel
Park City ski resort. No snowboards allowed.
Other
Picked up after seeing the life-size Unicorn Gundam at DiverCity in Odaiba.
Travel
Estonia's medieval Old Town. UNESCO-listed walled city with 13th-century towers still standing.
Other
Hackathon swag.
Travel
Helsinki, across the Gulf from Tallinn.
Museums
Vasa Museum in Stockholm. Only intact 17th-century ship in the world, salvaged in 1961 after sinking on its 1628 maiden voyage.
Travel
Gdańsk on Poland's Baltic coast. Old Hanseatic port and birthplace of Solidarity.
Brands
Beer-glass with a foamy head. Brewery pickup.
Nature
Second eagle pin from the same trip, perched-eagle design.
Travel
Alaska Inside Passage town. Boomed in the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush.
Travel
Narrow-gauge railroad built in 1898 over the Coast Mountains during the Klondike Gold Rush. Still runs tourist trains out of Skagway.
Travel
White Pass route into the Yukon. Same Skagway trip.
Travel
Crab boat pin from Ketchikan.
Nature
Bald eagle in flight, picked up in Juneau.
Nature
13-mile glacier in the Tongass outside Juneau. Retreating fast.
Travel
State pin with the Big Dipper and North Star from the Alaska flag.
Other
Rainbow heart from SF Pride.
Other
Geometric circles, triangles, and squares.
Travel
Dannebrog flag pin from Copenhagen.
Other
Small literary keepsake.
Sports
Stanford University. Cardinal red S.
Brands
From the free Coors Brewery tour in Golden.
Travel
Ski resort pin from Colorado's Vail Valley.
Travel
Colorado's largest single-mountain resort. Famous for the Back Bowls.
Disney
Mickey-eared wreath ornament from Walt Disney World's holiday season.
Other
Personalized name pin, gift from a friend.
Other
Pink ribbon from a Race for the Cure walk.
Nature
From the Zion summit hike, the chained scramble up the spine.
Nature
Bryce Canyon hoodoos in southern Utah.
Nature
South Rim. 277 miles long, a mile deep.
Brands
YouTube logo. Red play button.
Travel
Lisbon. Yellow Tram 28 design.
Travel
Maltese cross. The Knights Hospitaller ruled the island from 1530 to 1798.
Travel
The Rock. British Overseas Territory at the southern tip of Iberia, home to the Barbary macaques.
Travel
Venice. Carnival mask design.
Other
Da Vinci's c.1490 ink drawing of human proportions. The original is kept off public view at the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice.
Travel
Famed Pike Place Market mascot.
Travel
Michelangelo's David from the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence.
Travel
Leaning Tower of Pisa, the bell tower of the cathedral.
Travel
Colosseum, Rome. Largest standing amphitheater in the world.
Travel
Gaudí's still-unfinished basilica in Barcelona. Construction started in 1882, slated to wrap in 2026.
Travel
Mosaic dragon (el Drac) from the Park Güell entrance staircase.
Brands
Delta Air Lines widget. Picked up on a transcon flight.
Other
Planets and stars.
Travel
Whistler Blackcomb in BC's Coast Mountains. Largest ski resort in North America by skiable acres.
Travel
Hand sign spelling out LA.
Nature
268-foot waterfall east of Seattle. The Twin Peaks opening shot.
Travel
Walking tour through buried storefronts in Pioneer Square, sealed below ground when the city was raised in the 1890s.
Travel
Generic Seattle pin from the same trip as the Space Needle and Pike Place ones.
Travel
Seattle's public market. Open since 1907 and home to the original Starbucks.
Landmarks
605-foot Seattle landmark from the 1962 World's Fair.
Travel
Cheyenne, Wyoming. Stop on a high-plains road trip.
Travel
Red telephone box.
Other
Radiohead 'Morning Bell' fan pin.
Disney
Silhouetted DCL ship at sea.
Disney
DCL wordmark with the ship-and-Mickey funnel.
Travel
Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard.
Nature
Souvenir from someone else's Australia trip.
Nature
Barracuda fish pin from a Florida Keys snorkeling trip.
Other
Holiday gift add-on.
Disney
Disney's Animal Kingdom park pin with the Tree of Life.
Travel
Peabody Hotel in Memphis. The mallards parade through the lobby twice a day, a tradition since the 1930s.
Brands
Second Café du Monde pin with the green-and-white awning.
Other
Satchmo with his trumpet. From Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans.
Brands
The 24-hour beignet stand in the French Quarter.
Museums
From the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. Largest collection of Dalí outside Spain.
Travel
Milton Glaser's 1977 logo, picked up in Times Square.
Travel
Soviet znachok of Lenin. Mass-produced for decades, now flea market kitsch.
Travel
Long weekend in the Loop.
Nature
Jaguar from the National Zoo gift shop in DC.
Nature
Giant panda from the Smithsonian National Zoo.
Travel
Cozumel, Mexico.
Religious
Third cross, smaller lapel-sized version.
Sports
Third Gators pin in the collection.
Sports
Second Gators pin, different illustration style.
Religious
Second cross, slightly different style.
Nature
Blue Spring State Park, the manatee winter refuge on the St. Johns River.
Religious
Sorrowful Mary devotional with the seven swords.
Sports
Florida Gators. Albert with the orange-and-blue script F.
Other
Standard flag lapel pin.
Other
Generic flag from a parade.
Religious
Plain enamel cross. Confirmation keepsake.
Travel
Florida Space Coast. The wildlife refuge surrounds Kennedy Space Center.
Sports
Florida State Seminoles. Spear and garnet.
Landmarks
Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island. Every crewed US spaceflight since 1968 launched from here.
Other
Rocket launch silhouette from a Cape Canaveral viewing.
Travel
Show cave near Townsend, Tennessee. One of the largest underground chambers in the eastern US.
Other
Picked up at the Orlando castle after a jousting show.
Nature
Community-built zoo on Florida's Space Coast.
Other
Universal Islands of Adventure's twin coaster. Closed in 2017 to make way for Hagrid's Motorbike Adventure.
Other
From the World Finals competition in middle school.
Landmarks
CIA seal pin from the International Spy Museum gift shop.
Travel
Saxophone pin from a DC trip. Bill Clinton 'Sax in the Oval' commemorative.
Museums
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum on the National Mall.
Travel
Capitol dome silhouette.
Travel
825-foot quartz dome east of Atlanta.
Other
SeaWorld Orlando. Picked up as a kid before Blackfish.
Religious
Chalice and host. First Communion keepsake.
Disney
Personalized 'Brian' name pin in the Disney font. Kid keepsake.
Hawaii
Home to Kīlauea on the southeast side of the Big Island.
Hawaii
Pacific Golden Plover. Flies non-stop from Alaska to winter in Hawaii every year, often coming back to the same patch of lawn.
Nature
Hard enamel pin of the 'Ohi'a Lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha), a culturally significant flowering evergreen endemic to Hawaii and one of the most important woods in Hawaiian culture. Their stunning flowers range from red to yellow. 'Ohi'a are usually the first plants to grow on fresh lava flows. These iconic trees are now threatened by Rapid 'Ohi'a Death (ROD).
Landmarks
Enamel pin of 'Iolani Palace, the only royal palace in the United States. Cornerstone laid December 31, 1879 with full Masonic rites, completed in 1882. The palace served as the official residence of the Hawaiian monarchs, where they held official functions and received dignitaries from around the world.
Hawaii
Aloha — Gotta share 'em brah! A fun Hawaiian spirit enamel pin picked up at the Made in Hawaii Festival on Oahu.
Landmarks
Enamel pin of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu.
Museums
Honolulu Museum of Art enamel pin.
Hawaii
Small Kine — a Hawaiian pidgin parody swoosh pin.
Museums
Housed in Battery Randolph, a 1911 coastal defense bunker on the beach at Fort DeRussy in Waikīkī.
Hawaii
Hawaiian goose. Down to ~30 wild birds in the 1950s, now back to ~3,000.
Hawaii
Byodo-In on Oahu's windward side, a non-denominational replica of the 950-year-old Byōdō-in in Uji.
Other
Second Stagecoach Greens pin, different hole.
Hawaii
No-frills Honolulu shave ice spot. Family-run since 1940. Uniquely fluffy ice.
Disney
Disney's Aulani Resort in Ko Olina on Oahu's leeward side.
Nature
Gold honu (green sea turtle) silhouette.
Hawaii
Family-run shave ice in Haleʻiwa on the North Shore. Open since 1951.
Landmarks
1909 lighthouse on the Mendocino headlands.
Other
Stagecoach Greens mini-golf in Mission Bay.
Brands
Second Blue Bottle pin, limited cafe pop-up design.
Travel
Điện Biên Phủ from northwest Vietnam, where the 1954 battle ended French colonial rule.
Travel
Gold star on red. Picked up in Hanoi's Old Quarter.
Brands
Bitcoin logo, the orange disc with the slanted B.
Travel
Sarah Winchester's 161-room Victorian in San Jose. Stairs to nowhere, doors that open into walls.
Travel
Coastal town south of SF. Pumpkins, Mavericks, and Highway 1.
Nature
Old-growth coast redwoods just north of SF. Named for John Muir in 1908.
Other
COVID-19 commemorative from the early pandemic.
Brands
Blue Bottle Coffee logo pin.
Brands
Bay Area roaster known for high-end espresso.
Landmarks
Golden Gate Bridge in International Orange. Finished 1937.
Landmarks
Picked up after the cellhouse audio tour.
Travel
SF riff on the Glaser NYC original.
Travel
Powell-Hyde cable car, the most photographed line.
Travel
Park City ski resort. No snowboards allowed.
Other
Picked up after seeing the life-size Unicorn Gundam at DiverCity in Odaiba.
Travel
Estonia's medieval Old Town. UNESCO-listed walled city with 13th-century towers still standing.
Other
Hackathon swag.
Travel
Helsinki, across the Gulf from Tallinn.
Museums
Vasa Museum in Stockholm. Only intact 17th-century ship in the world, salvaged in 1961 after sinking on its 1628 maiden voyage.
Travel
Gdańsk on Poland's Baltic coast. Old Hanseatic port and birthplace of Solidarity.
Brands
Beer-glass with a foamy head. Brewery pickup.
Nature
Second eagle pin from the same trip, perched-eagle design.
Travel
Alaska Inside Passage town. Boomed in the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush.
Travel
Narrow-gauge railroad built in 1898 over the Coast Mountains during the Klondike Gold Rush. Still runs tourist trains out of Skagway.
Travel
White Pass route into the Yukon. Same Skagway trip.
Travel
Crab boat pin from Ketchikan.
Nature
Bald eagle in flight, picked up in Juneau.
Nature
13-mile glacier in the Tongass outside Juneau. Retreating fast.
Travel
State pin with the Big Dipper and North Star from the Alaska flag.
Other
Rainbow heart from SF Pride.
Other
Geometric circles, triangles, and squares.
Travel
Dannebrog flag pin from Copenhagen.
Other
Small literary keepsake.
Sports
Stanford University. Cardinal red S.
Brands
From the free Coors Brewery tour in Golden.
Travel
Ski resort pin from Colorado's Vail Valley.
Travel
Colorado's largest single-mountain resort. Famous for the Back Bowls.
Disney
Mickey-eared wreath ornament from Walt Disney World's holiday season.
Other
Personalized name pin, gift from a friend.
Other
Pink ribbon from a Race for the Cure walk.
Nature
From the Zion summit hike, the chained scramble up the spine.
Nature
Bryce Canyon hoodoos in southern Utah.
Nature
South Rim. 277 miles long, a mile deep.
Brands
YouTube logo. Red play button.
Travel
Lisbon. Yellow Tram 28 design.
Travel
Maltese cross. The Knights Hospitaller ruled the island from 1530 to 1798.
Travel
The Rock. British Overseas Territory at the southern tip of Iberia, home to the Barbary macaques.
Travel
Venice. Carnival mask design.
Other
Da Vinci's c.1490 ink drawing of human proportions. The original is kept off public view at the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice.
Travel
Famed Pike Place Market mascot.
Travel
Michelangelo's David from the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence.
Travel
Leaning Tower of Pisa, the bell tower of the cathedral.
Travel
Colosseum, Rome. Largest standing amphitheater in the world.
Travel
Gaudí's still-unfinished basilica in Barcelona. Construction started in 1882, slated to wrap in 2026.
Travel
Mosaic dragon (el Drac) from the Park Güell entrance staircase.
Brands
Delta Air Lines widget. Picked up on a transcon flight.
Other
Planets and stars.
Travel
Whistler Blackcomb in BC's Coast Mountains. Largest ski resort in North America by skiable acres.
Travel
Hand sign spelling out LA.
Nature
268-foot waterfall east of Seattle. The Twin Peaks opening shot.
Travel
Walking tour through buried storefronts in Pioneer Square, sealed below ground when the city was raised in the 1890s.
Travel
Generic Seattle pin from the same trip as the Space Needle and Pike Place ones.
Travel
Seattle's public market. Open since 1907 and home to the original Starbucks.
Landmarks
605-foot Seattle landmark from the 1962 World's Fair.
Travel
Cheyenne, Wyoming. Stop on a high-plains road trip.
Travel
Red telephone box.
Other
Radiohead 'Morning Bell' fan pin.
Disney
Silhouetted DCL ship at sea.
Disney
DCL wordmark with the ship-and-Mickey funnel.
Travel
Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard.
Nature
Souvenir from someone else's Australia trip.
Nature
Barracuda fish pin from a Florida Keys snorkeling trip.
Other
Holiday gift add-on.
Disney
Disney's Animal Kingdom park pin with the Tree of Life.
Travel
Peabody Hotel in Memphis. The mallards parade through the lobby twice a day, a tradition since the 1930s.
Brands
Second Café du Monde pin with the green-and-white awning.
Other
Satchmo with his trumpet. From Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans.
Brands
The 24-hour beignet stand in the French Quarter.
Museums
From the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. Largest collection of Dalí outside Spain.
Travel
Milton Glaser's 1977 logo, picked up in Times Square.
Travel
Soviet znachok of Lenin. Mass-produced for decades, now flea market kitsch.
Travel
Long weekend in the Loop.
Nature
Jaguar from the National Zoo gift shop in DC.
Nature
Giant panda from the Smithsonian National Zoo.
Travel
Cozumel, Mexico.
Religious
Third cross, smaller lapel-sized version.
Sports
Third Gators pin in the collection.
Sports
Second Gators pin, different illustration style.
Religious
Second cross, slightly different style.
Nature
Blue Spring State Park, the manatee winter refuge on the St. Johns River.
Religious
Sorrowful Mary devotional with the seven swords.
Sports
Florida Gators. Albert with the orange-and-blue script F.
Other
Standard flag lapel pin.
Other
Generic flag from a parade.
Religious
Plain enamel cross. Confirmation keepsake.
Travel
Florida Space Coast. The wildlife refuge surrounds Kennedy Space Center.
Sports
Florida State Seminoles. Spear and garnet.
Landmarks
Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island. Every crewed US spaceflight since 1968 launched from here.
Other
Rocket launch silhouette from a Cape Canaveral viewing.
Travel
Show cave near Townsend, Tennessee. One of the largest underground chambers in the eastern US.
Other
Picked up at the Orlando castle after a jousting show.
Nature
Community-built zoo on Florida's Space Coast.
Other
Universal Islands of Adventure's twin coaster. Closed in 2017 to make way for Hagrid's Motorbike Adventure.
Other
From the World Finals competition in middle school.
Landmarks
CIA seal pin from the International Spy Museum gift shop.
Travel
Saxophone pin from a DC trip. Bill Clinton 'Sax in the Oval' commemorative.
Museums
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum on the National Mall.
Travel
Capitol dome silhouette.
Travel
825-foot quartz dome east of Atlanta.
Other
SeaWorld Orlando. Picked up as a kid before Blackfish.
Religious
Chalice and host. First Communion keepsake.
Disney
Personalized 'Brian' name pin in the Disney font. Kid keepsake.