Islands

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.