Döllersheim: The Village That Hitler Destroyed to Crush a Rumor
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 18, 2019
About one hundred km northwest of Vienna, in northern Austria, lies a small village called Döllersheim. Eighty years ago, this tiny Austrian...
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The Delicate Art of Cobweb Paintings
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 24, 2018
Who could have thought that the delicate, fine, silky threads of a spider’s cobweb could be woven into a canvas strong enough to withstand t...
The Mysterious Erdstalls Tunnels
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 29, 2017
Across Europe, there are hundreds of underground tunnels that lead to nowhere and about which no historic records have ever been found. They...
Stock im Eisen: Vienna’s Nail Tree
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 25, 2017
At the corner of the extravagant 19th century mansion, Palais Equitable, in the city of Vienna, Austria, is a glass case behind which is the...
The Battle for Castle Itter: The Strangest Battle of WW2
Anonymous
Mar 19, 2017
In the waning days of the Second World War, five days after Hitler shot himself in his bunker in Berlin, one of the most bizarre battle took...
The House Where Hitler Was Born
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 23, 2017
Braunau am Inn, on the south bank of the Inn river, close to the border with Germany, is a charming little town in Austria. But it carries a...
The Infamous Mauthausen Stairs of Death
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 16, 2017
The Mauthausen concentration camp, situated about 20 kilometers east of the city of Linz in Upper Austria, was the hub of one of the largest...
Kunsthaus Graz Art Museum
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 28, 2016
The Kunsthaus Graz Art Museum in Graz, Austria, is a gigantic blob-shaped building with a dozen or so tube like nozzles, acting as windows, ...
20 Most Beautiful Observation Towers
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 9, 2015
Observation Tower in Jurmala, Latvia “The Observation Tower in Jurmala” is located within the Dzintaru Park in Jurmala, Latvia. The 38-mete...
The Sculpted Hedges of Schönbrunn Palace
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 5, 2015
The Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria, is one of Europe’s most impressive Baroque palaces and an important architectural, cultural and hi...
