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Kalaupapa and Hansen's disease
1866
Molokai, Hawaii
Lisa Sasser from Amherst, NH, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Some 8,000 people were forcibly exiled to a peninsula walled off by the highest sea cliffs in the world. Father Damien came in 1873 and died of the disease sixteen years later. The isolation law was not repealed until 1969, and a few residents chose to remain.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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