For hundreds of years before we learned to treat c... ...d. Travelers often had to sit out some time on an island before their ship was admitted to the mainland in... ...i magazine tell us the stories of five quarantine islands in Italy, Canada, Uruguay, American Samoa, and So...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/06/01/The-Quarantine-Islands/Tristan da Cunha, in the middle of the southern At... ...ch is 1750 miles away. The 270 inhabitants of the island live a slow-paced life without much of the modern... ...sed to. Ships bring scientists and tourist to the island , but not very many of them.Only trouble is, life... ...is, life there isn’t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/23/Redesigning-the-Worlds-Most-Remote-Human-Settlement/(Photo: Jason Thein)The islands are smiling at you!The left eye is named Mamutik.... ...big grin is named Manukan. Together, these three islands in Malaysia are sometimes called the Smiley Islands . They're part of a national park and are a popula... ...Earth rounded up ph...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/05/12-Cool-Shaped-Islands-around-the-World/(Photo: Fanny Schertzer)So you want to be a superv... ...the world, which makes climbing it difficult. The island is located a few hundred miles off the coast of A...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/03/13/15-Great-Hideouts-for-Your-Supervillain-Lair/(W Magazine/Raphael T. Harris/WorldRealEstate.it)T... .... Harris/WorldRealEstate.it)Three small limestone islands off the Amalfi coast of Italy are known as La Gal... ...untered the tempting songs of the Sirens. Now the islands hold privately owned resorts and luxury homes. So... ...st people in the world ow...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/02/10/This-Island-Looks-Like-a-Dolphin/If you have ever lived in or even seen a truly small studio apartment, you know that many don't have kitchens because there's simply no room. But if you ever have to live in such a space (or decide to go squat in an old...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/20/Cook-Anywhere-With-The-Kochinsel/Clipperton Island is an abandoned atoll in the Pacific Ocean, 1,000... ...Around 1910, Mexico sent 13 soldiers to guard the island . They were joined by their wives and some servant... ...me servants, and soon children were born. Another island resident was a reclusive lightho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/25/the-tyrant-of-clipperton-island/Sure we all want our own private island , but Neatorama's favorite performance a... ...back in 2008, he built himself a floating palm island that he rowed on the River Thames! The... ...d with the idea: I rowed my palm island...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/20/rowing-your-own-palm-island/Tuvalu, in the South Pacific, is made up of nine s... ...u, in the South Pacific, is made up of nine small islands with a population of 11,000. It is estimated that...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/14/an-island-nation-facing-its-own-demise/(YouTube link) Sergei Ganyushev, a 25-year-ol... ...-old from Arkhangelsk, Russia, was stranded on an island in the White Sea only 150 kilometers from the Arc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/10/25/modern-day-robinson-crusoe-saved-in-white-sea/