Just looking at photos of this apparent paradise makes you want to quit your job and run away to a life of tropical bliss. Bikini Atoll is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and extremely popular with tourists who have the cash to spare. But just like all the other things on this list, not everything is what it seems here. Between the years of 1946 and 1958 the USA made Bikini Atoll its testing ground for nuclear explosives, causing it to become full of radiation.
Though it was declared radiation-free back in the 80s, most living things, including plants and sea life, are contaminated. As you can imagine, when the soil is contaminated, growing food becomes dangerous. Locals reported large numbers of birth defects and abnormalities and many ended up leaving their island homes permanently.