This tiny island in the South China Sea is crawling with venomous sea snakes.

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

Once standing on solid ground, this slender beacon is a victim of the very shoreline it was charged with announcing.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.

The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

Though these human-made islands were constructed as an escape for the wealthy, they rarely see many visitors.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

These tiny pine-covered islands have inspired art and poetry for centuries.

This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

An impressive home made of stone, carved more than a century ago.

The Gaudí-inspired building that was the start of Terrassenc modernism.