The maps, of course, depict a mistake: They show California as an island off the coast of North America, reflecting the beliefs of some explorers and cartographers from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Before satellite imagery, this was much more difficult. For instance, there is at least one island that appeared on maps for around 500 years, despite never existing at all.

A young couple searched for an uninhabited island on Google Maps, then built an impressive self-sufficient home that can only be reached by boat or helicopter ...

A Cambridge climate expert has warned Ely will become an island again under current estimates for rising sea levels.

Crews are on the scene of a water rescue near Ely Island on the Susquehanna River. The York Daily Record reports that a dispatcher confirmed the incident involved an assault. Rescue units were ...

Ely is only 15 miles from Cambridge, but, even today, when the octagon of the cathedral is silhouetted against the blood-orange sunset of an immense fenland sky, it can seem remote and spooky. The ...

Forty-three-acre Long Island on Burntside Lake near Ely is now part of the Superior National Forest.

Forty-three-acre Long Island on Burntside Lake near Ely is now part of the Superior National Forest.

A Cambridge climate expert has warned Ely will become an island again under current estimates for rising sea levels. British Antarctic Survey scientist Dr Emily Shuckburgh, OBE, recently gave a ...

Ely is only 15 miles from Cambridge, but, even today, when the octagon of the cathedral is silhouetted against the blood-orange sunset of an immense fenland sky, it can seem remote and spooky. The ...