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A new course at University of Hawaii at Manoa rethinks historic preservation, having enrollees design digital twins of notable structures so that people can experience them virtually

The Aug. 8 wildfire that tore through Lahaina destroyed more than a dozen cultural landmarks and historic structures. View an interactive of before and after images featuring some of the historic sites lost in the inferno.

The disastrous wildfires in Maui have ransacked virtually every aspect of life, killing at least three dozen people while scorching or imperiling buildings important to Hawaiian history, as well as a majestic tree known as a symbol of the island’s culture.

A city devastated by fire in Maui was a magnet for tourists. But for families from Lahaina, especially Native Hawaiians, it was a home with a deep history.

The Maui police ordered the evacuation of Kaanapali, a town north of Lahaina, the historic city devastated by fire. Many on the island remain unaccounted for.

The wildfires in Maui have destroyed landmarks important to Hawaii's history, including one of the largest banyan trees in the U.S. and a 200-year-old church.

Large parts of Lahania, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, have been left in ashes as the Maui fires burn.

The disastrous wildfires in Maui have ransacked virtually every aspect of life, killing at least three dozen people while scorching or imperiling buildings important to Hawaiian history, as well as a majestic tree known as a symbol of the island’s culture.

One of the buildings that was destroyed was the The Baldwin Home, which was  originally in 1834 and was the oldest house still standing on the island.

(CNN) — The disastrous wildfires in Maui have ransacked virtually every aspect of life, killing at least three dozen people while scorching or imperiling buildings important to Hawaiian history, as