If you ever want to get away from it all (and not just go to that one town where cell phones are illegal), you should consider looking into moving to one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. Unfortunately, it’s not one of those remote places that’ll pay you to live there, but hey.

Tristan da Cunha, a chain of islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean, is the location in question. It’s made up of the main inhabited island Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island with its wildlife reserves, the Inaccessible Island, and the smaller uninhabited Nightingale Island. People living on the island, according to the official website of Tristan da Cunha, they carry British Overseas Territory citizenship. 

Per the island’s website, it was first discovered by the Portuguese explorer Tristao da Cunha, in 1506, when he was on his way to the Cape of Good Hope. Then, in 1643, a group of Dutch sailors landed on the island, and wanted to establish a supply base there. Tristan da Cunha then changed hands from the Dutch to the Americans, and then finally to the British, who made it into their garrison. How Stuff Works explains the British began abandoning the island as a strategic base, but many settlers decided to stay and built a community. Tristan da Cunha spent several years in isolation, particularly during the First World War, but soon scientists began studying the wildlife on Gough island and it became an important research stop.

Make sure you have enough vacation days if you visit

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