When I say the word island, what comes to mind?

Turquoise waters, white sands, palm trees.

There are some islands out there with such astounding features that even the most experienced world travelers look twice.

From islands flooded by crimson tides and rainbow sands to a little landmass concealing the world's deadliest secret.

So join me on this whistle stop tour around the

strangest islands that you won't believe actually exist.

They're listening. You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. You're

amazed. Judding violently out of the Pacific Ocean over 370 miles off the eastern coast of Australia,

there is a remote spire of stone that looks like the perfect lair for a super villain.

It essentially looks like a tall pyramid built with dark stone.

As menacing as it looks, this great jagged sea stack known as Ball's Pyramid is actually the eroded remnants of an old shield volcano formed about 7 million years ago.

It's the tallest sea stack in the world.

While just one look is enough to give plenty of people vertigo, some crazy explorers have seen its mighty peak as a challenge.

Despite being discovered back in 1788, explorers have seen its mighty peak as a challenge.

Despite being discovered back in 1788, explorers only mustered the courage to conquer the ominously steep sea spire in 1965.

However, it would turn out that sheer height wasn't the strangest thing about the island.

In 2001, conservationists discovered a colony of horrifyingly large stick insects gathered on a single bush. For 70 years, the nightmare-inducing Driocaucalus Australis nicknamed land lobsters and walking

sausages were thought to be extinct.

While most conservationists rejoiced, I bet at least one of them was fighting

the urge to set the entire island on fire. After the hellish sight of giant stick insects living

in a giant pyramid, let's explore an island with more gracious-looking inhabitants. Perched on the

inland sea of Japan lies the island of Okunoshima, though most people know it by its well-earned nickname Rabbit Island.

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