Saipan: See
Saipan is fairly small and by renting a car or moped, it is easy to drive around the island and take in the natural splendor, as well as visit a number of parks. Scuba diving is also popular, and the underwater world should definitely be seen.
1 Banzai Cliff and 2 Suicide Cliff, on the northern tip of the island, were sites where thousands of Japanese civilians, trying to escape the fighting and convinced by the Japanese military that they would be killed by the American military, jumped to their deaths in the Battle of Saipan in 1944. The former is by the sea while the latter is on the rock outcropping overlooking it. Numerous Japanese memorials mark the sites.
3 American Memorial Park, ☏ +1 670 234-7207 ext 2002. 24 hr. Visitor center: daily 9AM-4PM. The only NPS park in the Northern Mariana Islands, honoring those who sacrificed their lives during the Pacific War against Japan in the battles that took place in Saipan, Tinian, and the Philippine Sea in 1944. Free. (updated Feb 2019)