Opened in 1975.

As is typical in tiki bars throughout Spain, tropical cocktails of dubious quality are served in beautiful tiki mugs. The decor is perhaps less elaborate than other Spanish tiki bars, but dark wooden wall panels dotted with tiki masks still set a decent mood.

Rock-a-Tiki was a clothes store carrying both vintage and rockabilly-label items in the Prenzlauer berg of Berlin. It was once in another location on Eberswalderstrasse.

This and several other stores were reportedly folded into a store called Class of Berlin.

Built in 1979.

Hawai Waipahu Paradise is a small bar on the outskirts of Madrid. The front facade features beautiful, intricate tile work in the shape of Papua New Guinea masks. There is an outdoor patio in the back. Drinks are served in the gorgeous tiki mugs that are common to all tiki bars in Spain. The decor in the space is simple, but the bar back has some nice, elaborate carved details.

Bali-Hai Hotel is just a short distance from the beach in the heart of Acapulco. There is a restaurant and bar on-site. There are several tikis at the entrance, and there appears to be a thatch-covered building with swooping A-frame ends near the pool.

The Castaways resort complex was in the Sunny Isles part of North Miami Beach, just a short distance from another hotel/restaurant/bar complex, Hawaiian Isle. It was advertised as being at "the ocean at 163rd," in reality it was on the inland side of a thin land strip, and was just south of 163rd, occupying a small jetty of land. It opened in 1958, and closed in 1981. Demolished in 1984.

The Castaways had just over 300 guest rooms in a series of buildings with Asian-Polynesian peaked roof details. The main attraction was a dramatic structure designed by Charles Foster McKirahana square glass building with a pointed, A-frame roof at each corner. The building was up on stilts, and each of the four corners held a different establishment: the Wreck Bar (where you could watch swimmers behind giant glass portholes located behind the bar), the Tahitian Cocktail Lounge (featuring mixologist "Stanley the Entertainer" best known for balancing multiple trays of glasses on his head), the Shinto Temple Room, and possibly a coffee shop or indoor swimming pool. Many people have shared memories of a talking parrot in the dining room with sometimes salty language. The Beatles reportedly stayed at The Castaways, and an ad in the 1969 AAA travel guide promoted nude sunbathing on site.

The jetty of land that used to hold The Castaways is now the site of two tall condominium towers.

*NOTE: This Wreck Bar location is not to be confused with the other still-standing Wreck Bar located at the newly renovated B Ocean resort hotel (originally known as the Yankee Clipper) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Opened in 1967.

Hawaiian Isle was in the Sunny Isles area of North Miami Beach, very near another complex, The Castaways. It had a weathered shingle-clad pyramid over the main entrance, a sort of sharp, angular, modern take on a primitive hut. The tikis on site were highly stylized (in particular a large, back-lit, glowing mask near the entrance), and many were Witco tikis.

Running at least through 1993.

It captured that tiki bar energy of mid century Florida before closing and making way for the Pinnacle condominiums (built in 1998).

This tiki bar/nightclub on the south side of London opened in 2008 and closed just a few months later in 2009. The bar had three levels, the main level had a dance floor, while the upper level had a lounge with karaoke.

Converted to Fish & Chip Shop -- now Goddards at Greenwich Pie & Mash.

The Tropics was opened in 1950 by Vince Schwenoha along an especially treacherous stretch of Route 66 (at the end of "Killer Curve"). Schwenoha spent some time in Hawaii when in the military, and was inspired to open this restaurant upon his return.

The dining rooms had bamboo and murals of tropical scenes, but were spare in decoration and were clean and bright. The bar area initially was of the sleek, bamboo-bedecked variety that was common in the pre-tiki age, but apparently underwent a remodel at some point that added an angular bamboo frame over the bar and some tiki masks on the walls. The entire building was rebuilt at some point, but it is unclear when this happened.

Some items from The Tropics mention "Your Hosts Bev & Lou Johnson," with pictures of the original building. Bev and Lou (sometimes spelled "Lew") took over from Vince Schwenoha in 1955.

The restaurant continued operating until the early-to-mid 2000s. The building stood empty until it was demolished in 2017.

*The Tropics' fully restored neon sign now sits yards away from its original location at the intersection of the 1940-77 alignment of Route 66 and Woodlawn Rd.

The Outrigger Bar and Lounge was in the Sheraton-Charles Hotel.

This third St. Charles Hotel opened on February 1, 1896. Sheraton Hotels bought the St. Charles in 1959 for $5 million and renamed it the Sheraton-Charles Hotel. The hotel was sold to local developer Louis J. Roussel Jr. in 1965, though Sheraton continued to operate it. On August 5, 1973, Roussel announced he would redevelop the site of the Sheraton-Charles. It closed and was demolished in 1974.

The lot sat vacant for nearly a decade, until the Place St. Charles tower was erected in 1984.

The Mai Kai Restaurant was relatively streamlined in decoration, with red-orange and gold being the dominant colors, and spears and a white tiki plaque on the wall; it probably was operating in the late-'60s into the '70s. Closed in 1985.

It was owned by Peter Yee, who also owned a sister location in Hampton Beach and in Dover Point as well.

This site is currently the Framers Market.

This Polynesian/Chinese restaurant has been around since the '60s, and was still owned by the original owners (James and Lillie Yee) up until its closing.

Sometime around 1970 or '71, there was a fire, but it seems that either much of the decor survived, or it was replaced quickly. Tropical drinks were served out of signature tiki mugs.

Closed on 12/30/2018.

FUN FACT: The David Spade Netflix movie “Father of the Year” (2018) changed the sign at the restaurant to "Yi Dragon" and used it as a set location in the film.

Opened in 1998.

Rock-a-Hula was a small vintage and new clothing store in the heart of the trendy Melrose shopping district. All sorts of clothes could be found here, but there was an emphasis on aloha wear, including a handful of very nice '40s era rayon shirts in a locked case. The inside of the store used bamboo, rattan, lauhala matting and thatch extensively, but there was very little in the way of actual tikis here -- only a handful of small mugs for sale.

Closed in 2006.

Now home to a different vintage clothing store -- 2nd Street.