Scattered across the Seto Inland Sea, the islands of the Geiyo archipelago allow travelers to experience a quieter side of Japan. Best known for the Shimanami Kaido cycling route, the area is rich ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Sweden's Stockholm Archipelago, one travel writer finds a "gentle season where blueberries are still ripe, the water retains a ...

The Porcupine Islands are some of Maine's most photographed destinations, yet few people actually visit them. While driving around Mount Desert Island, you'll see the islands lying just offshore of ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Well, it’s going to take millions of years to occur. But, as many of you know, the Pacific Plate, which contains the Hawaiʻi archipelago, is moving northwest in the Pacific Ocean at ...

Panoramic view of the pier on Boca del Drago beach in Bocas del Toro. Think of a close-to-home tropical paradise, and perhaps Costa Rica comes to mind, or even a Caribbean island destination like ...

Limestone cliffs, turquoise coves and fishing villages: off the coast of Sicily lies a natural haven that remains largely unknown. A discreet archipelago where the Mediterranean reveals one of its ...

Juan Fernández Archipelago National Park in Chile is home to a wealth of species found nowhere else on Earth, where the proportion of endemic plants surpasses even the more celebrated Galápagos ...

A 100-plus island archipelago home to white-sand beaches and hundreds of rare and endangered species is on the auction block for the highest-bidding billionaire. The Widi Reserve near Bali in far east ...

Bali attracts its fair share of travelers looking for a slice of heaven on earth. Now Sotheby’s is offering one very well-heeled buyer a chance to own their own tropical paradise. The Widi Reserve—a ...

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We call the Santa Catalina Mountains a "sky island" - a natural and appropriate metaphor for a mountain that rises from the desert floor and is surrounded by seas of grasses and scrub. The term can be ...