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The Isles of Scilly, an archipelago formed mainly of five larger inhabited islands at a mere 24 nautical miles off Cornwall, England, is simply anothe...

A single-owner collection of coins from historic shipwrecks more than doubled its estimate when it was sold at a local auction on January 31

Some of the 51 coins date back to the 1600s, from wrecks off the Isles of Scilly and elsewhere.

For many South Africans, the quiet and calmness that can be found in the water – one of the rare places with few, if any, human-related threats – has been transformational.

Around 150 years ago, the upstate New York village of Saranac Lake became home to people looking for a cure to a highly contagious disease. Today, its healing legacy lives on.

Plants from all over the world flourish at Tresco Abbey Gardens, thanks to the unusually warm climate Tom Parker A flicker of wings catches my eye, darting through the small churchyard before alighting on a lichen-laced tombstone, a distinctive red tail bobbing up and down. This delicate black redstart has recently arrived from Eastern Europe – here, like so many unexpected plants and animals on this exotic archipelago, for the mild climate. I am on Tresco, the second biggest of the low-lyi...