[https://youtu.be/0Rbx4y2lRmM] (YouTube link)Have...  ...The tip of Siberia comes right up to the western islands of Alaska, and that's where the line is drawn, be...  ..., and that's where the line is drawn, between the islands of Big Diomede and Little Diomede. What's even we...  ...etween them. And there are...

You were expecting maybe a riddle? If people actually fell into easily defined categories, we could use our logic skills to figure them out, but the world is a lot messier than that. It's not logic, it's just life. And n...

If you leave a pile of rocks in place for over a h...  ...in place for over a hundred years, it becomes an island with its own ownership papers, history, designati...  ...and controversy. That's what happened to U Thant Island in New York City's East River.[https://youtu.be/w...  .... When we finally saw contemp...

In 1989, Mauro Morandi's catamaran drifted onto Bu...  ...9, Mauro Morandi's catamaran drifted onto Budelli Island in the Mediterranean Sea. He met the island 's caretaker, who was retiring. Morandi took his p...  ...randi took his place on the otherwise-uninhabited island and...

The world is getting more and more accessible, but there are still places that are difficult to get to. The reasons are varied: rough terrain, difficult or dangerous conditions, politics, lack of facilities, and just pla...

There's just something romantic about an island excursion, so when you compile a list of the most...  ...n, so when you compile a list of the most romatic islands on Earth, you can be pretty sure that they're som...  ...reader votes from Travel and Leisure and features islands f...

The following article is from the new book Uncle J...  ...n Curtis)Did you know that there are 18,617 named islands in the U.S. and its territories? Neither did we!...  ...resting stories behind the names of some of those islands .STATEN ISLANDIn 1609, English explorer Henry Hud...

If you go to France, you may as well skip the Louv...  ...of Pisa is. And if you are looking for a relaxing island getaway, you might do well to skip the most popul...  ...tours, and try one of the beautiful, lesser-known islands of the world. Like the volcano called Aogashima.A...  ...km away from Tokyo, Japan...

If you want the ultimate vacation getaway, you can...  ...te vacation getaway, you can buy your own private island . However, if you aren’t made of money, but...  ...to consider the folks who already bought private islands and turned them into luxury resorts. No traffic,...  ...all you need. Pictured above...

(Photo: Eva Murray)A hobby of my youth was to driv...  ...n libraries this way, but never visited one on an island , such as this one.Mantinicus Island is a community off the coast of Maine. The 51 peo...  ...foot utility shed. Eva Murray, a resident of the island , writes about...