Category: islands

The World’s Loneliest House: This Isolated White Cottage on a Tiny Island Isn’t a Residential Home at All

Is this the loneliest house in the world? Looking at the mysterious island cottage standing on its own, the question of who lives there comes instantly to mind. The house stands in the middle of Ellidaey, the most northeastern island in the Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands), located south of Iceland.  The cottage is not a residential…


US Opens Embassy in Solomon Islands, Blinken Says

WASHINGTON—The United States has opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands after a 30-year absence as it seeks to boost diplomatic relations in the Pacific as a counter to China. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced plans to open a diplomatic mission in the Pacific island nation during a visit to the region last year….


Greenland: A Viking Epic | Arkeo Ep23 | Documentary

The Vikings were capable sailors who colonized a number of islands such as England, Ireland, and further north, the Faroe Islands, and Iceland. Was Greenland the only territory to have resisted the Vikings? …


Orkney Islands: A Neolithic Pilgrimage | Arkeo Ep13 | Documentary

On the borders of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands, archaeologists have been digging for nearly 13 years the remains of a mysterious set of very large buildings surrounded by a massive stone wall erected during the late Neolithic. …



A Greek Islands Destination Cooking Class 2, in Santorini I Documentary

A bonus feature to the main program (Episode 1). It contains full-length food segments from the No. 1 New York Times’ About.com Greek culinary-travel video. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films Follow EpochTV…


A Greek Islands Destination Cooking Class 1, in Santorini | Documentary

Award-winning host, lifestyle journalist, and Greco-Roman beauty Cynthia Daddona explores a gourmet cooking class and famous sites on the beautiful Greek island of Santorini. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films Follow EpochTV on…


Heavy Rain Slams Spain’s Canary Islands; 1 Dead on Mainland

MADRID—Heavy rain caused by a tropical storm hit several regions in Spain, leaving one person dead and widespread damage, authorities and national media said Monday. A 62-year-old man was found dead in the southeastern Murcia region after a sudden downpour flooded his house late Sunday, local authorities said. The Canary Islands off northwest Africa have…


Lord Howe Island Biodiversity Recovery Following Rodent Eradication

The New South Wales government has announced that Lord Howe Island (LHI), home to over 33 threatened species and many critically endangered species have made a great recovery in biodiversity since the eradication of rodents in 2019. James Griffin, New South Wales Minister for the Environment said the population of the endangered LHI woodhens has…


All Homes on One of Tonga’s Islands Destroyed, Three Dead

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON—All the homes on one of Tonga’s small outer islands were destroyed in the massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, with three people so far confirmed dead, the government said on Tuesday in its first update since the disaster hit. With communications severely hampered by an undersea cable being severed, information on the scale of the…