Ina Island, located in the Thousand Islands of New York's St. Lawrence River, is a private island with a history rooted in the late 19th-century "golden era." Originally named Venus Island by the British in the early 1800s, it was purchased in 1871 for $150 by Samuel Briggs, who renamed it after his wife, Ina.
1000 Salad Dressing was created at the Thousand Islands Inn, in Clayton, NY. George Boldt, owner of the Waldorf Astoria empire, ate there often, and ordered his chefs to serve it in their restaurants. He is responsible for making our salad dressing famous.
From 1899 to 1947 the island was used as the Naval Ammunition Depot Iona Island. The island and its adjacent marsh were designated a National Natural Landmark in May 1974, and it is part of the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Christopher Columbus landed on the islands in 1493 naming the larger one "Santa Maria de la Antigua." The English colonized the islands in 1632. Sir Christopher Codrington established the first large sugar estate in Antigua in 1674, and leased Barbuda to raise provisions for his plantations.
Cruise the most historic portion of the Thousand Islands viewing Americas famous Millionaire Row. A group of Islands that were purchased by some of the wealthiest families in the late 1800's and early 1900's where they built lavish mansions that still stand today.
15 Central Park West (CPW), two blocks east, contains units that have been purchased by billionaires Sara Blakely, Lloyd Blankfein, Omid Kordestani, Daniel Loeb, Daniel Och, Eyal Ofer, Pan Shiyi, Sandy Weill, Jerry Yang and Zhang Xin.
8. Antigua and Barbuda. Like any richest Caribbean countries, Antigua and Barbuda's economy is heavily dependent on tourism, which contributes more than half of the GDP. However, the government faces challenges, such as vulnerability to natural disasters and a reliance on external markets like the US for tourism.
North Brother Island is off-limits due to a combination of extreme structural hazards from decaying buildings, its status as a crucial bird sanctuary for nesting herons, and its history as a quarantine hospital (including for "Typhoid Mary"), making it both dangerous and ecologically sensitive, though limited access for research is sometimes granted by the NYC Parks Dept.
It's reputed to hold the bones of sixty kings. An inventory of 1549 recorded 48 Scottish kings, eight Norwegian Kings, and four Irish Kings buried there. Unlike those of later medieval clan chiefs, none of the monuments marking the burial places of the kings have survived.
What happened to the monks who lived on the island of Iona?
The massacre of the martyrs of Iona was the result of the raid of 806 AD, where fleets of Vikings stormed the abbey, pillaged it for riches, and killed the monks, who were largely without weapons, and thus defenseless.
It was Miss Irwin who gave it the name “Thousand Island” and it was at the Herald Hotel where the dressing was first served to the dining public. Upon her return to New York City Miss Irwin gave the recipe to fellow 1000 Islands summer visitor George C.
However, if you've ever tasted Thousand Island while expecting the flavor of Russian, you know the two are not the same. One of them is spicy and one is sweet, so make sure you know which sauce you're using before you pour it over your salad or sandwich.
Antigua and Barbuda was added to a U.S. "do not travel" list (specifically, partial restrictions) in December 2025 due to security concerns over its Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) program, also known as "golden passports," which the U.S. claims allows individuals from countries under U.S. travel bans to obtain passports and bypass security, potentially concealing identities. The U.S. cited weak vetting, lack of cooperation, and high visa overstay rates as issues, though Antigua maintains open communication and honored existing visas.
No single group holds exactly 90% of the world's wealth, but extreme concentration exists, with the top 10% of the world's population owning the vast majority, around 75-85% of global wealth, leaving the bottom 90% with a small fraction, while the richest 1% owns a huge chunk of that, sometimes as much as the bottom 90% or more combined, according to reports from the World Inequality Database and Oxfam.
