Venomous snakes and Komodo dragons. Volcanic gas and radioactive waste. These places look like paradise from afar, but once you’re there, they can be Hell on Earth. And if you had to choose which one ...

With the ocean too windy to fish, we headed inland on a remote tropical island — and quickly realized paradise isn’t always perfect. Mosquitoes swarmed, something bit Fran, and the high tide line ...