International wildlife experts have located hundreds of wild elephants on a treeless island in the swamps of south Sudan, where they apparently avoided unchecked hunting during more than 20 years of war. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Easter Island is known for the hundreds of huge stone heads strewn across the countryside, it may soon be know for something else - the native cemetaries are filled with headless bodies. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

On July 31, 1761, the French ship L’Utile is shipwrecked on a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. Only a handful of survivors remain when they are found 15 years later, in 1776. picked by shredtone 3 years ago

He purchased the island for $2.8 million and wants to sell it for $10 million due to all the assets he tied into it. It is located in the Florida Keys. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

A crew encounters a remarkable "stone sea" and sees plumes of ash rising up from the middle of the ocean. They are seeing a rare volcanic eruption that results in an island, Maiken, created right before their eyes. picked by gratheo 3 years ago

3 Mile Island. Three scary words, huh? No radiation leaked. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

An alligator was spotted Saturday sunbathing by a small pond in Long Island - a startling sight for a community just 35 miles from Manhattan. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Interesting article that details the event that led to the imprisonment of over 120,000 Japanese-Americans in concentration camps during WW2. picked by Phildo 3 years ago

Imagine surfing that wave in! picked by mrnelson 3 years ago

A Staten Island girl may have become the first person in the state to violate an order of protection by sending a MySpace "friend request." picked by lawrencee 2 years ago

A 31-year-old Greek beheaded his girlfriend and carried her head round the popular tourist island of Santorini before he was arrested, police said on Sunday. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The Long Island Rail Road has an outrageous number of retires that claim and get disability (97% in one year). They get full pay and benefits. They are fully able the day before they retire and magically become disabled the day they retire. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

An elite ultradistance runner ran 120 miles from Montauk to Queens in what she called 'The Running Fight for Breast Cancer.' She is believed to be the first person to complete a solo run across the length of Nassau-Suffolk counties. picked by suebe 3 years ago

Rhode Island teens under 18 can’t work with power saws or bang nails up on roofs.
Lt. Gov. Roberts wants law to ban underage strippers...
But dance at strip clubs? Sure. Just as long as the teens submit work permits, and are off the stripper’s pole by 11:30 on school nights. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

A U.S. underwater archaeology team announced Thursday it has likely discovered the shattered remnants of a ship once captained by the notorious buccaneer William Kidd off a tiny Dominican Republic island. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Not your typical granny! picked by shredtone 3 years ago

The bumper cars designed for and by Michael Jackson are up on the auction block at eBay. picked by suebe 5 months ago

Gorgeous photographs of Islands/Isles. Aerial views. There are similar links on plime but not this same one. Enjoy! picked by MeMe 2 years ago

WTF? I can't tell if it sold or not. Oh, it's in Figi... I have a couple already. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

The earthquake that struck NZ last week was so powerful it moved the entire south island measurably closer to Australia. picked by equinox 4 months ago