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A visit to the island of Molokai offers a window on a unique and tragic chapter of Hawaiian history. For about a century, beginning in 1866, some 8,000 individuals afflicted with leprosy were ...

The Molokai Mule Ride can accommodate up to 18 intrepid travelers on an excursion that takes up most of a day. The route picks its way down a 1,664-foot Pali, bending around 26 switchbacks in a ...

The University of Hawaii at Hilo’s History Club members will return to Molokai on Friday to honor the patients of Hansen’s disease, or leprosy, by placing lei on their graves.

ROAD N TES Editor’s Note: Beyond Pearl Harbor, most of us don’t know squat about Hawaiian history. GP contributor Will McGough visited the island of Molokai for an education in the “real” Hawaii.

For over a hundred years, the isolated peninsula on Molokai’s north shore has been home to roughly 8,000 with Hansen’s disease, formerly known as leprosy.

Father Damien of Molokai. Greatest among the lepers of history is possibly the only voluntary leper of them all, Father Damien of Molokai.

Devotees of two Catholic saints — Damien and Marianne of Molokai — want to see where they spent a pivotal part of their lives caring for Hawaii's leprosy patients.