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Arriving at one of these gorgeous faraway spots is well worth the extra time and effort

A dependent territory of Norway, Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean is the world's most remote island. Here is its fascinating story.

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WHEN YOU LAND at the miniature airport in Lamu, a group of islands off the coast of Kenya, the first thing you do is walk down a long pier to a waiting dhow. You step aboard. You smell the old wood of the sailing boat, the design of which goes back centuries. Across a narrow channel in the Indian Ocean you see Lamu Town, the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

It takes seven full days at sea to reach this volcanic island, which is the most remote one on the planet.

To give the centuries-old Provence home a contemporary facelift, Diego Delgado-Elias layered the interiors with warm textures and rustic materials

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one of the remote islands in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands atoll

There's a beautiful archipelago off of the southern coast of Iceland called the Vestmannaeyjar. And in that archipelago, there's a beautiful island called Elliðaey with a single, solitary mysterious cabin that has generated wild speculation as to its purpose ever since photos of it first surfaced on the internet.

With Jurassic World in theaters on June 12, we’ve put together a list of six remote island homes for sale on Trulia that could host a dino-loving crew.

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Mothers loom large in several stand-up shows at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Jay Richardson finds out why

Tristan da Cunha is the most remote inhabited island in the world, has 6 tourist cabins,doesn't allows new new residents, and can only be reached by boat a few times a year.

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Agoshima Volcano is home to 163 people, off the coast of Japan, an amazing serene off the grid lifestyle.

One man’s wild quest to make the deserted island fantasy the ultimate reality.

Our writer was one of the first travellers in years to set foot on Tristan da Cunha, 1,732 miles from the modern world

Vanaheim (Ireland)