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    6 Uninhabited and Mysterious Islands With Bizarre Pasts

    1. Daksa Photo: Dennis Jarvis/Flickr The island of Daksa in the Adriatic Sea near Dubrovnik, Croatia, was the home of the Franciscan Monastery of St. Sabina from 1281 CE to the 19th century. They were taken to Daksa and executed without trial.   In 2009, two mass graves were unearthed on the island. 2. Clipperton Island Photo: Shannon Rankin, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) via Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain Clipperton Island is a coral at