Islands

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Rolling sand dunes of the Sahara... in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

A desert island with both a buried treasure and a famous castaway.

The fully functional, submerged Vanuatu Post Office is definitely one of a kind.

This tiny island in the South China Sea is crawling with venomous sea snakes.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

A crystal clear beach surrounded by beautiful coral reefs.

The ruins of this old church are slowing sinking into the sand.

The etchings on this narrow channel between two islands bear witness to maritime travelers who have passed through since the Middle Ages.

A long-disputed island that Denmark and Canada claim by periodically alternating flags and bottles of liquor.