From this beach, looking east, is a view of Shangri La, the former home of heiress Doris Duke.

Shangri La, an Islamic-style mansion designed by Marion Sims Wyeth, rests on 4.9-acres on Black Point. Construction began in 1937, after Doris Duke’s 1935 honeymoon which included travels throughout the Islamic world. For nearly 60 years afterwards, the heiress commissioned and collected artifacts for the house, forming a collection of about 3,500 objects.

Shangri La, now owned by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art (DDFIA) in cooperation with the Honolulu Academy of Arts, is open to the public for tours.