Исторический центр Калининграда, бывший средневековый город Кнайпхоф, расположенный на реке Преголя. Сегодня он предс…

An island known for its wild mon­keys, pic­turesque beach­es and active recre­ation. The island occu­pies about 25 hectare…

This is an aban­doned island mea­sur­ing 300 by 500 meters. The area was inhab­it­ed in the past, but after the dev­as­tatin…

Once the most dense­ly pop­u­lat­ed place in the world, this island is now a ghost town. The tiny, fortress-like island (…

Soco­tra Arch­i­pel­ago, in the north­west Indi­an Ocean near the Gulf of Aden, is 250 km long and com­pris­es four islands a…

A cres­cent-shaped island that appeared as a result of the con­struc­tion of the Cheong­pyeong Dam. Pop­u­lar for its pic­tu…

Остров Маккуори (34 км длиной и 5 км шириной) — океанический остров в Южном океане, в 1500 км к юго-востоку от Тасман…

The nation­al park is home to the Gala­pa­gos Islands with the park bound­aries encom­pass­ing an area of 7,880 sq km. The…

Замечательный пример изолированных океанических островов, возникших в результате вулканической активности более чем в…

The islands are home to a vari­ety of marine life, includ­ing dol­phins, sharks, and whales. There are also many species…

Two small islands of mar­velous beau­ty. A bridge con­nects them to each oth­er. One of them is unin­hab­it­ed, a vil­la is b…

Des­per­ate bat­tles unfold­ed against a par­adise-island back­drop in this South Pacif­ic arch­i­pel­ago after US Marines land…

From July through Octo­ber, hump­back whales use Niue as a warm-water nurs­ery, lolling close enough to the island to be…

This island was the venue of the bat­tle of Peleliu which became one of the blood­i­est bat­tles in the Pacif­ic dur­ing WW…

It has a his­to­ry of promi­nent slave-trad­ing cen­ter. It is cru­cial place for African-Amer­i­cans who vis­it it to pay the…

Between Gozo and main­land Mal­ta lies the tiny tree­less island of Comi­no: an old smug­glers hide­out with lit­tle on it b…

Con­sid­ered as one of the dead­liest places, Snake Island in Brazil is def­i­nite­ly one of the most dan­ger­ous places on E…

This tiny Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Once famous for its sea cap­tains and thriv­ing trade from Rus­sia to Eng­land,…

A short fer­ry ride from Japan’s east coast, Tashiro­ji­ma has a pop­u­la­tion of one hun­dred humans who are vast­ly out­numb…

Sep­a­rat­ed from main­land Africa more than six mil­lion years ago, this remote island looks like the set of a sci-fi fil…