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Enclaves

Nagasaki, Japan

The Dutch Slope

A historical western settlement that is known as one of the three most disappointing sights of Japan.

Sha Tau Kok

A border town divided by the Hong Kong–China line, where entry still requires a special permit.

Prague, Czechia

TTTM Sapa (Little Hanoi)

Prague's "Little Hanoi" is one of the commercial centers of Czechia's Vietnamese community.

Nahwa.

Nahwa, United Arab Emirates

Nahwa

A small United Arab Emirates territory within an Omani enclave within the United Arab Emirates.

This windmill was shipped in pieces from Nørre Snede, Denmark, and reassembled in 1976 by over 300 volunteers.

Iowa's 'Denmark on the Prairie' Creates Hygge Away From Home

The tiny town has imported a 19th-century windmill and starred in two Danish TV shows.

Stacy Brooks February 19, 2020

Vatican City walls.

Vatican City Walls

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Busingen on the shore of the Rhine

Büsingen am Hochrhein, Germany

Büsingen Enclave

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

The derelict entrance to House of David Park. A sign below says "If I don't know u back off."

Benton Harbor, Michigan

House of David

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

Potsdam, Germany

Alexandrowka

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

Closing off the road to Oniontown.

Dover Plains, New York

Oniontown

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

The tripoint monument from Norway, Sweden and Finland (Treriksröset) in the lake "Goldajärvi" in Lapland Finland

geographic markers

10 Places Caught Up in Odd Border Disputes

The world's most bizarre cartographic feuds.

Meg Neal August 8, 2016

Dashed line is an international border; Bangladeshi farmer in foreground

Panchagarh, Bangladesh

Dahala Khagrabari

A piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh inside a piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh.

Borders of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog.

Baarle-Hertog, Belgium

Borders of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

House of David baseball team.

Saint Joseph, Michigan

House of David Museum

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.