This is Victoria Island in Canada's arctic far nor...  ...d it on Google Maps in 2007. It's one of two such islands . The other is a volcanic caldera lake island in t...

The beach at North Seymour Island in the Galapagos...  ...tory that is part of the history of the Galapagos Islands . The settlers who braved the mostly uninhabited islands during the 1930s were a colorful mix of flamboyan...  ...tter, a German dentist, was first. He fled to the islands...

There are uninhabited islands and abandoned islands , and then there are these: ghost islands , with a past that sinks over you like a specter....  ...ike a specter. There are mostly sad reasons these islands aren’t inhabited, like Pov...

(Photo by Andy Strangeway)Rockall is a tiny island—a rock, really—in the north Atlantic Ocean. Ireland, the UK, Denmark and Iceland all lay claim to it. For more than 60 years, those nations have been locked...

(Photo: Adam Kahtava)This is Mitsukejima, a Japanese island also known as Gunkanjima or “Battleship Island.” It looks the part, don’t you think?(Photo: Adam Kahtava)It’s located just south of Suzu...

(Photo: Yolda Olmak)Jutting up out of the waters of Phang Nga Bay on the western coast of Thailand is the small island of Ko Tapu. It’s also known as James Bond Island because scenes from the 1974 movie The Man wit...

This is Lake Superior. It's the largest lake in No...  ..., Siskiwit Lake, is the largest.There are several islands in Siskiwit Lake. This one, Ryan Island, is the l...

At one point or another, we've all fantasized...  ...ed island, but while there are plenty uninhabited islands around, you have to wonder why no one has moved i...  ...et. Mental Floss has the scoop on ten uninhabited islands and why no one happens to live on each. For examp...

Tired of those pesky neighbors? Here's the solution! The aptly-named Just Room Enough Island in Canada's Saint Lawrence River has just enough room for a single small house. When the water is low, the owners can put their...

This man has given up his job, family and possessions to build an island that floats on plastic bottles he's found and used as buoys! Talk about recycling to good use!...