The Aeolian Islands are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily. The locals residing on the islands are known as Eolians. We explored 5 of the 8 islands: Salina, Alicudi, Panarea, Stromboli, and Lipari.

Over a thousand unique and beautiful islands dot Croatia’s incomparable Dalmatian coast.

Hydra is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece, located in the Aegean Sea between the Saronic Gulf and the Argolic Gulf. The locals are known as Hydriots.

Inis Meain is the middle of the three main Aran Islands in Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland.

Sark is a small island in the Channel Islands in southwestern English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.

Just 20 minutes by boat from France’s Cote d’Azur, the island of Porquerolles is dotted with five small ranges of hills, lined with cliffs and beaches and is renowned for the best weather in France with 275 sunny days per year.

Part of the West Frisian Islands, Schiermonnikoog is a tiny island off the northern coast of Holland.

Largely unchanged since Fort Mackinac was established on the island in 1870, Mackinac Island boasts a Victorian tranquility unlike anywhere else in the United States. 

Just a short ferry ride away from the vibrant university town of Gothenburg is Sweden’s Southwestern Archipelago.

Long considered the most beautiful and romantic city in the world, Venice is also Europe's largest urban car-free area and is recognized by UNESCO.

Heligoland (Helgoland in German) is a rocky island in the North Sea and Germany's only non-coastal island

Eigg lies 10 miles off the Scottish West coast and features beautiful moors, beaches composed of white quartz and historic ruins that include Iron Age forts, a 6th century Christian church and Viking burial mounds

Hundreds of drag queens participate in the annual Invasion of the Pines and drag BINGO on New York's Fire Island Pines.

California's Catalina Island is a favorite of Hollywood celebrities; roaming buffalo; a museum honoring the Chicago Cubs and their training on Catalina Island from 1921-1951.

Isla Holbox, a small island in the Yucatan Peninsula north of Cancun, Mexico, is located within a protected nature reserve.

Unique cuisine specific to various islands, including Salina, Italy and Croatia's island of Krapanj; sampling delicacies of Geithoorn in the Netherlands.

Behind-the-scenes stories about filming in places that restrict transportation.

Exploring Greece's island of Hydra, from its crescent-shaped harbour, restaurants and shops to its markets, beaches and neoclassical mansions.