In 1972, the porn baron Bob Guccione, founder of Penthouse magazine, established the Haludovo Palace Hotel on the Croatian island Krk north of Malinska. The resort was a hedonistic paradise to avert nuclear catastrophe - attracting rich and infamous clients in the process, like Saddam Hussein.

Famous Beatles producer George Martin envisioned this Caribbean mecca for rock legends. AIR Studios Montserrat opened in 1979, and many legendary records were created there. The studio had to close after a series of natural disasters rocked the small island of Montserrat.