Conor Knighton travels to an isolated speck of land off the coast of Africa, where residents of the British-controlled island maintain ties to the homeland 4,500 miles away, and where a piece of Napoleonic history is kept alive.

Welcome to "Purr-adise." Cats on the small Hawaiian island of Lanai have got it made - amazing weather, meals served in their own "catfurteria," and a steady influx of adoring fans ready to give them all the love and affection they could ever want. Conor Knighton joins them.

Conor Knighton visits Llanddwyn Island off the coast of Wales, where if you want to woo someone, you don't give your sweetheart chocolates, flowers or jewelry; you give them a "lovespoon."

The Faroe Islands - a country of 18 tiny islands in-between Iceland and Norway, and officially part of the kingdom of Denmark - bill themselves as Europe's best-kept secret. But it may not be a secret much longer, after a local restaurant, Koks, earned the islands' first Michelin star.

They may appear on the map to be a part of Canada. But for more than a century, the tiny islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, located off Newfoundland, passed back and forth between French and British control until, finally, the islands became permanently French.

The Seychelles Islands, nearly a thousand miles off the eastern coast of Africa, are known for being a honeymoon hotspot. Part of the allure is a product of the Coco De Mer tree. Affectionately called "love nuts," these seeds are rare, large (weighing up to 30 pounds), shaped like a derriere, and are said to have aphrodisiacal properties.

Just to the west of the International Date Line is Wake Island, an American territory about 2,400 miles west of Hawaii, where the first rays of sun shine on U.S. soil. Conor Knighton visits the Pacific atoll where America's day begins.

Expedition cruising is a rapidly-growing sector of the tourism industry that brings visitors to isolated, ecologically-pristine destinations. But it's not just to gawk at rare wildlife; such trips also help raise awareness and funds to protect environmental vulnerable places like the Galápagos Islands for future generations. Conor Knighton reports.

Heiress Doris Duke built a home in Honolulu that was a testament to the cultures she discovered in her 'round-the-world travels. And now it's a museum, the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design. Conor Knighton visits.