The Faroe Islands are famous for their exquisite beauty and isolation. Yet of all the islands and villages and regions, one place stands out as the most unspoiled, most unique, and perhaps even the most beautiful. That place is a little island called Mykines. Mykines (pronounced MEE-chin-ness) is the westernmost point in the Faroe Islands, and a popular destination for the Faroese. There is no bridge or tunnel leading there, so you must travel either by boat or helicopter from neighboring island Vagar. I arrive by boat and meet Harald, a septuagenarian guide with the legs of a mountain goat. Right away, he takes me up a hill; an hour later, I realize we’re in the middle of a four-hour hike. The landscape is breathtaking. For what seems like the hundredth time in the past few days, I marvel at the scenery before me. How can a place this beautiful be completely unknown to most of the world? Sure, Mykines is incredibly to look at. But it has something the other islands...