Bamboo Temple at Maui Eco Retreat

The Bamboo Temple sits on the cliffs at Huelo, on Maui's north shore where the Hana Highway starts getting interesting, and it has a real claim to fame: it was the first permitted bamboo structure in the United States, built in a nautilus spiral shape. A prism-shaped skylight crowns the bed, so you fall asleep looking at stars, and the windows face the ocean down the Hana coastline. There's a queen bed, a kitchen, a walk-in closet and an outdoor shower with an ocean panorama. It's part of Maui Eco Retreat, a small off-grid property running on solar with organic gardens, so expect eco-lodge systems rather than hotel ones — and pack out what you bring in spirit. Nothing is walkable; Paia's restaurants are about half an hour back west, and the waterfalls of the Hana road unspool east of you. Around 170 reviews sit at 4.8 stars, which for a place this unusual says a lot.