Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.
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The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.
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There is an island near Italy that was the site of wars, a dumping ground for plague victims, and an insane asylum. It's considered so dangerously haunted that the Italian government does not allow public access.
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Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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