Destinations
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Peaks Island in Casco Bay: Fortifications, Ferries, and the Making of an Island Community
A deep dive into how ferry routes and harbor defenses shaped Peaks Island, from Fort Gorges to Battery Steele and daily life across Casco Bay.
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Grenada Island and the Spice Economy That Changed Its Landscape
Grenada’s spice economy did more than scent the island. It transformed sugar land into small farms and still shapes rural life today.
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Falkland Islands Wildlife and War Memory: Two Forces That Define the Archipelago
How war and wildlife became entangled on the Falkland Islands, where minefields once fenced off beaches later used by penguins.
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The Thousand Islands: How Ice, River Channels, and Border History Created an Archipelago
Ancient bedrock, glacial ice, and the St. Lawrence shaped the Thousand Islands, where 1,864 islands straddle the Canada-US border.
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St Martin Island: A Small Caribbean Island Shaped by Salt, Borders, and the Sea
A deep dive into Saint Martin’s salt pans, open border and volcanic landscape, and how they shaped the island’s divided history.
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Prince Edward Island’s Red Shores: The Geology and Farming History Behind Canada’s Smallest Province
How PEI’s red sandstone and soil shaped its cliffs, aquifers, and potato fields, linking geology and farming in one long story.
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Bonaire Island Through Its Salt Pans, Reefs, and Trade Winds
A deep dive into Bonaire’s pink salt pans, fringing reefs and trade winds, and how they shaped labor, ecology and the island’s southern coast.
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Why Are the Seychelles Islands So Unique? Granite Geology, Endemic Species, and Indian Ocean History
Discover how Seychelles’ ancient granite, island isolation and late settlement shaped its rare wildlife, coco de mer forests and history.
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Grand Cayman Islands and the Reefs, Wrecks, and Turtle Trade That Built Their Identity
A deep dive into how Grand Cayman’s reefs, shipwrecks and turtle trade shaped the island’s history, culture and conservation.
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How Sauvie Island Became a Wetland Mosaic at the Meeting of the Columbia and Willamette
A deep dive into how Sauvie Island’s wetlands formed through floods, channels, dikes, and restoration, from Warrior Rock to Sturgeon Lake.