FLOATING on Pacific waters lies the world's most expensive island - with a dark history. Despite its year-round sunshine and crystal blue water, no one lives on Palmyra Island. Geographically, the Palmyra is what experts call an Atoll - small islets made up of corals and scattered in the shape of a ring.
The island has a lush interior filled with dense rainforest vegetation - and looks almost like a paradise getaway. And it's always warm, with an average temperature of 30C. Palmyra's coastline stretches up to nine miles - and is made up of one of the most scenic beaches that you would ever see.
Some of them are small, but others stretch hundreds of metres. The place looks like a peaceful escape, seemingly untouched by the rush of the world. What makes the place even more unique is that no one has ever been able to colonise the place.
In 2000, after a series of legal battles over its claim, the US bought the island for £21million - making it the most expensive island ever sold. Palmyra's remoteness makes it a good place spend days in solace. But beyond the seemingly serene paradise lies a darker past that has plagued the island for many years.
The island is known for a string of mysterious deaths of people who once came to the island after being attracted by its scenic beauty. While others have vanished without a clue - and still remain missing to this day. People who have ever been to the island describe it as being filled with a negative aura that hangs heavy in the air.
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