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Islands

19th-Century Atlases Included Hundreds of Fake Islands

Sarah Laskow January 12, 2016

East Brother Light Station

Richmond, California

East Brother Light Station Bed & Breakfast

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

FOUND: One Species of Worm With Five Different Mouth Shapes

Sarah Laskow January 5, 2016

Fierce little cat.

Ishinomaki, Japan

Cat Island

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

100 Wonders: Battleship Island

Dylan Thuras December 17, 2015

The imfamous Jekyll Island Clubhouse

Jekyll Island, Georgia

Jekyll Island Club

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

The Out Skerries post office is facing some busy days.

Fleeting Wonders: Send Holiday Cheer To an Island-Bound Schoolboy

Cara Giaimo December 7, 2015

Places You Can No Longer Go: Aquapolis

Lucas Adams November 19, 2015

Places You Can No Longer Go: Graham Island

Lucas Adams November 12, 2015

Outer Hebrides, Scotland

North Rona Island

This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.

One of the larger abandoned homes

Great Blasket Island

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

Pfaueninsel

Berlin, Germany

Pfaueninsel

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

The Self-Made Castaway Who Spent 16 Years on an Atoll With His Cats

Ella Morton September 21, 2015

Post Office Bay

Post Office Bay

Since the 1700s, this old barrel has acted as a post box that relies on the kindness of travelers.

Map depicting Kentucky Bend's isolation

Tiptonville, Kentucky

Kentucky Bend

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

The Cheonguk-ui Gyedan, or "Stairway to Heaven."

Geoje-si, South Korea

Oedo Botania

One man and his wife have turned a barren Korean island into a fantastical botanical wonderland.

Nix's Mate

Winthrop, Massachusetts

Nix's Mate

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

Cat Island

100 Wonders: An Island You Don't Want to Visit

Dylan Thuras August 20, 2015