Tours to Kalaupapa Historic National Park have been canceled after the passing of Aunty Meli Watanuki, one of the last ...

Kalaupapa National Historical Park announced Monday that Kalaupapa Saints Tours is no longer operating, leaving the park ...

Kalaupapa Saints Tours has ceased operations after the death of longtime resident Meli Watanuki. NPS says no tours are ...

In addition to his state recognition, the sainthood cause for Joseph Dutton, who watched over the orphaned boys of Kalaupapa ...

Meli Watanuki, the driving force behind reopening tours to the historic peninsula of Kalaupapa, passed away at the age of 91, ...

(HawaiiNewsNow) - Watermark Publishing announces the release of My Name is Makia: A Memoir of Kalaupapa by Makia Malo with Pamela Young. Diagnosed with Hansen's disease at the age of twelve, Makia ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Will McGough writes about travel destinations and outdoor adventures. A very special birthday was recently celebrated in Hawaii: ...

KALAUPAPA, MOLOKAI (HAWAIINEWSNOW) - Flames destroyed a historic building in Kalaupapa, the settlement on Molokai where Hansen's Disease patients were forced into isolation. The fire broke just before ...

Not so long ago, people in Hawaii who were diagnosed with leprosy were exiled to an isolated peninsula attached to one of the tiniest and least-populated islands. Details on the history of the ...

A leper colony has occupied the remote Kalaupapa Peninsula on the Hawaiian island of Moloka’i since the 1800s. Creative Commons A dark chapter in Hawaii’s history is coming to a close as the ...