La Rinconada: The World’s Highest City
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2017
High in the Peruvian Andes, far above the tree line, lies an old gold-mining camp that has, over the years, grown to the status of a city. O...
Bialowieza: Europe’s Last Primeval Forest
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2017
Before the arrival of humans, much of northeastern Europe was covered by primeval forests that stretched for thousands of kilometers across ...
RÃo de la Plata: The Widest River You’ve Never Heard Of
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2017
On the southeast coast of South America, between Uruguay and Argentina, there is a tapering intrusion of the Atlantic Ocean. The funnel-shap...
Alex Chinneck’s Architectural Illusions
Kaushik Patowary
May 9, 2017
A historic building in London’s Covent Garden, violently slashed through the middle, floats mysteriously in the air with no apparent support...
Xylotheque: The Wood Library
Kaushik Patowary
May 9, 2017
In 18th century Germany, where modern forestry began, a curious sort of library began to grow. Enthusiasts began to collect samples of diff...
Saatse Boot: A Russia-Estonia Border Anomaly
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2017
In southeast Estonia, in the municipality of Värska Parish, lies a peculiar border irregularity. A small piece of Russian land called the “S...
Thomas Dambo’s Forgotten Giants
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2017
Danish artist Thomas Dambo has been building stuff using trash and recycled materials since an early age, starting with smaller sculptures ...
Nasreddin Hodja of Turkey
Kaushik Patowary
May 4, 2017
You may have not heard of Nasreddin Hodja, but in the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of Europe, Nasreddin Hodja is a famous folk chara...
Project West Ford: Earth’s Artificial Ring
Kaushik Patowary
May 4, 2017
In the summer of 1963, the United States successfully put a gigantic ring around the earth. But unlike Saturn, earth’s ring was not made of ...
De Poezenboot: Amsterdam’s Cat Boat
Anonymous
May 3, 2017
A city with over one hundred kilometers of canals, it’s no surprise that Amsterdam is full of houseboats. However, one such boat in the hist...
