Got the plague? Onto the island. Vomiting? Onto the island. Fever? Island. Sniffles with a mild cough? You get the idea. You stayed there until you got well or died. Judging from the mass graves, not many got well. picked by Moe 12 months ago

Residents of a tiny Scottish island have another special reason to celebrate the New Year, they will be connected to mains electricity for the first time. picked by muppet 8 months ago

In August 2006, the crew of the yacht Maiken, sailing out of the Vava'u island group, encountered a remarkable "stone sea." The phenomena they spotted were a series of pumice rafts resulting from a nearby eruption, one that was forming a new volcanic island in Tonga. picked by videoguy 2 years ago

LOST merges with Gilligans Island.

I'm waiting for the Harlem Globetrotters to drop in on the island, personally. picked by donteatpoop 6 months ago

A British owned island in the South Atlantic has been overrun by hundreds of thousands of monster mice which have evolved into carnivores. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

The waste would be dumped on a side of the volcanic island that had been extensively quarried in the past 50 years. The island's original volcanic cone formation could also be rebuilt using the biosolids. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

Of all the place I would not expect this...to those of you too young to recall, Three Mile Island is home to what almost became the American version of Chernobyl*.

*If you are too young too know what Chernobyl was, freaking google it, I am too lazy to provide a link. But it was a million laughs for sure. picked by moe 5 months ago

Over 2,500 dogs are already enjoying a better life at Dog Island. Separated from the anxieties of urban life, dogs on Dog Island are healthy dogs who live a natural, healthy and happy life, free from the stress and hardship associated with daily live among humans. picked by Boomshank 2 years ago

It doesn't take much to destroy a culture! picked by Phildo 2 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 1 year ago

The map of Greenland will have to be redrawn. A new island has appeared off its coast, suddenly separated from the mainland by the melting of Greenland's enormous ice sheet, a development that is being seen as the most alarming sign of global warming. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year 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 1 year 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 2 years ago

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 1 year 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 2 years ago

3 Mile Island. Three scary words, huh? No radiation leaked. picked by tomphoolry 2 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 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 1 year ago

A Greek court ruled on Tuesday that homosexual women can be called 'lesbians', rejecting an appeal by residents of Lesbos island. Update on this post. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

Off the westernmost coast of Japan, is an island called "Gunkanjima" that is hardly known even to the Japanese. More in this photographic series can be found here. picked by misswinkle 8 months ago