The Brand New Island of Surtsey
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2017
Located about 30 kilometers off the southern coast of Iceland, lies the small island of Surtsey. It is one of the world's youngest islan...
Showing posts from April, 2017
The Forgotten Ruins of Mrauk U
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2017
Spread across the beautiful rolling hills of Rakhine in Western Burma, lies a little known archeological site—the medieval town of Mrauk U. ...
The Cyanometer of Ljubljana
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 26, 2017
At some point in life, almost every child on Earth asks, “Why is the sky blue?” Today we know the answer—the sky appears blue because molecu...
The Museum of Failure
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2017
Every successful product launch is usually preceded by a string of failures, but we only remember the winners and ignore the failures and pr...
Underwater Mailboxes Around The World
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2017
Remember the last time you were diving underwater and you suddenly remembered an important letter you had to post that very instant? Yup, it...
The Dolerite Columns of Coastal Tasmania
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2017
The coastline of the southern Tasmania, in Australia, is composed of stunning rock columns that protrude up to 300 meters from the sea level...
Djerbahood: The Street Art Drive That Transformed A Tunisian Village
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 24, 2017
The sleepy little village of Erriadh on the island of Djerba—once known as the “island of dreams”— is not part of Tunisia’s tourist circuit....
The Fainting Goats of Tennessee
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 24, 2017
Unlike humans, animals rarely faint from surprise, panic attacks or any other strong emotional stress. But there is a breed of goat that app...
Enormous Iceberg Stranded in Canadian Town
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 22, 2017
Icebergs are not a rare sight off the east coast of Canada. Indeed, there is an area stretching from the coast of Labrador to the northeast ...
Coco de mer: The Forbidden Fruit
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 21, 2017
In the islands of Praslin and Curieuse, in the Seychelles, grows one of the most exclusive palm trees in the world. The coco de mer ( Lodoic...
The Al-Rajajil Standing Stones
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2017
Al-Rajajil, sometimes referred to as the Standing Men, or Standing Stones, are a collection of some fifty groups of man-made stone columns n...
The Rosetta Disk: Preserving The World’s Languages
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 19, 2017
It is estimated that there are some 7,000 spoken languages in the world, of which nearly half are in danger of extinction and are likely to ...
The Abandoned Soviet Camp of Wünsdorf in Germany
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 19, 2017
About 25 miles south of Berlin lies the small town of Wunsdorf, home to about six thousand inhabitants. But less than thirty years ago it ha...
Equihen Plage: The Village of Inverted Boat Houses
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 17, 2017
Equihen Plage, on the coast of northern France by the English Channel, is a small seaside village with a population of about 3,000. Up until...
The Handmade Globes of Peter Bellerby
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 17, 2017
When Peter Bellerby couldn’t find the perfect handmade globe for his father’s 80th birthday, he took matters into his own hands. He decided ...
Kissimmee’s Monument of States
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 15, 2017
Back in 1941, after Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, a retired physician and president of a local tourist club, Charles W. Bressler-Pet...
These Massive Tunnels Were Dug By Giant Sloths
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 15, 2017
Across northern South America, there are hundreds of colossal tunnels large enough for humans to walk through, but they weren’t dug by men. ...
Thomasson: Architectural Relics That Serve No Purpose
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 14, 2017
A city is like a living organism, constantly growing and evolving with time. Buildings get renovated, new structures are added and old ones ...
Labuan’s Mystery Chimney
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 13, 2017
Standing on a rise on the north of the island of Labuan, located off the coast of East Malaysia, is a 100-feet tall red brick chimney. The c...
The Wreck of Swedish Warship Mars
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 12, 2017
About 18 km off the coast the Swedish island of Öland, in the Baltic Sea, at a depth of about 75 meters, lies one of the most beautiful ship...
The Bottlecap Alley
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 12, 2017
For years, boozers from the Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, and elsewhere, have been paving a short alley located betwee...
Lahaina Noon: When Shadows Disappear
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 11, 2017
Notice anything odd about this picture? The sun is out as you can tell by the shadows under the cars and on the walls. But why aren’t the ye...
Venta Rapid: Europe’s Widest Waterfalls
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 10, 2017
At just 2 meters tall, the Venta Rapid, or Ventas Rumba in Latvian, is one of the smallest waterfalls in the world. But its low height is co...
Inuit Tactile Maps of Greenland
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 10, 2017
Like everybody else, the Inuit people of Greenland have been making maps to navigate the rugged coastline, but unlike maps made on paper, th...
Colletta di Castelbianco: A Modern Stone Village
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2017
Up on the steep hillside of the Maritime Alps near the Italian Riviera, halfway between Genoa and Nice, lies the ancient medieval village of...
Mark Twain’s Study at Elmira College
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2017
On the campus of Elmira College in upstate New York sits a small octagonal wooden cabin with a writing desk and chair, a brick fireplace and...
The World’s Quietest Train Stations
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 5, 2017
Some of the world’s busiest train stations are located in Japan. Indeed, as per statistics that surfaced in 2013, out of the top 51 train st...
The Japanese Hotel Staffed By Robots
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 5, 2017
In the last few weeks, we have been hearing a lot about how robots have been replacing human workers across industries in developed countrie...
The Fluorescent Rocks of Sterling Hill Mining Museum
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 1, 2017
The Sterling Hill Mining Museum in New Jersey, United States, is known for its variety of immersive and educational exhibits, but is best kn...
Karaba Brick Quarry of Burkina Faso
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 1, 2017
Bricks are usually molded from clay, but in Karaba, a small African village in southwestern Burkina Faso, bricks are quarried out of the hil...
The Festival of Exploding Sledgehammers
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 1, 2017
Every February, residents of the tiny town of San Juan de la Vega in Mexico perform the re-enactment of a four hundred year-old battle that ...
