
20 Islands With Strange Laws and Traditions
Many islands hold onto laws and customs that seem unusual from the outside.

Many islands hold onto laws and customs that seem unusual from the outside.

These are places where statues dominate the landscape so completely that they seem to outnumber the people who live among them.

These are places where human ambition once thrived, only to be reclaimed by the patience and persistence of nature.

These 20 nearly forgotten towns each tell the story of one person’s decision to stay when everyone else left.

These are the desert towns that defy nature, history, and time, continuing to thrive where life should not be possible.

Many once-grand hotels around the world now stand empty, preserved in time and remarkably intact despite being abandoned.