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Susan Seubert

Rapa Nui was deforested by the time the first European arrived in 1722. Evidence shows the island's Indigenous people were able to adapt somewhat by building resilient farming systems.

One theory of how moai were transported is similar to how megaliths were moved at Stonehenge: workers loaded the enormous statues onto wooden sleds, which rolled across the land on tree trunks.

Though similar monoliths have been found throughout Polynesia, Rapa Nui’s statues are unique in their size and solemn faces.

Hundreds of statues, or moai, dot the landscape Easter Island, known to locals as Rapa Nui. Most of the moai ring the island with their backs to the sea—but many never made it out of the Rano Raraku quarry, seen here, where they were carved from volcanic stone.

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Local body boarder at Kaanapali beach.

Templin Gardens was built by John C. Templin as a gift for his wife, an avid gardener. Although the exact year is undetermined, it is believed that it was built in the 1920s or 1930s.

A bagpiper from the Fergus Pipe Band plays every Saturday in downtown Fergus to celebrate the Scottish immigrants that founded the town in 1858.

The Trestle Bridge spans the Grand River and is part of the trail that connects the towns of Elora and Fergus.

People tubing on the Grand River by way of the Templin Gardens in Fergus.