Fort Fisher on the North Carolina coast holds the distinction of being both a Civil War historic site and a little-known monument to African-American muscle. It served as the Confederacy’s largest ...

The Museum of Illusions, Dubai – similar to the Vilnil Museum of Illusions En-route to Riga we were lucky enough to visit 14th Century Trakai Castle, which sits on an island on Lake Galvė. A real-life ...

Woodlands lend mystery and enchantment to the castle’s environment. Bretagne Sud Sotheby’s International Realty The private island covers a hectare of land with two sandy beaches accessible ...

Around 250 people holding British Overseas Territories citizenship live on the archipelago's only inhabited island, also called Tristan da Cunha, in a community known as Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.

And, if you’re looking to plant some roots in the area, a 19th-century castle on a private island with shimmering turquoise-blue water lapping its rocky shores just hit the market for $9.78 million.

Between 1892 and 1954, most immigrants arriving in the United States passed through New York’s Ellis Island control center. For those fleeing poverty and war, the “island of tears” was also ...