Gol Gumbaz: The Taj Mahal of South India
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 8, 2022
In the city of Bijapur, in the south Indian state of Karnataka, stands one of the grandest royal tombs to be ever constructed in India. Aptl...
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Carlton Tavern: The Pub That Was Reborn From Rubble
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 2, 2022
Carlton Tavern in Kilburn, London, was the heart of the community for nearly a hundred years until it ceased to exist one spring morning in ...
Watson’s Hotel: India’s Oldest Cast Iron Building
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2022
Early one morning In 1867, a traveler walking through the familiar streets of Kala Ghoda district in Bombay noticed something strange “like ...
The Trilingual Inscriptions of Darius and Xerxes at Ganj Nameh
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 22, 2022
About 12 kilometers southwest of the ancient city of Ecbatana (modern Hamadan) in western Iran, and 2,000 meters above sea level on Mount Al...
Dyrehavsbakken: The World’s Oldest Amusement Park
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2022
Just 10 km north of central Copenhagen, in the woods of Dyrehaven, sits Dyrehavsbakken, or simply Bakken, an amusement park that attracts cl...
The Ruins of Khara-Khoto
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 14, 2022
In the westernmost banner of Inner Mongolia, in the middle of the Gobi Desert, there once stood a prosperous kingdom. It was a center of rel...
Eigerwand, The Railway Station Carved Into The Mountains
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2022
The Jungfrau massif is flanked by the Grindelwald and Rhône river valleys in the south-central Swiss Alps, between the towns of Brig and Int...
The Westinghouse Atom Smasher
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2022
For almost 80 years, a huge lightbulb-shaped device stood in Forest Hills on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, United States. To...
The Round Towers of Ireland
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 8, 2022
A unique feature of the Irish landscape are its free-standing round towers or Cloigtheach , which literally means “bell house”. As their nam...
Mahabat Maqbara: A Forgotten Testament of Artistry
Anonymous
Jun 8, 2022
In Junagadh, Gujarat, the confluence of cultural influences in India epitomises in the form of an overlooked monument. Mahabat Maqbara—an ep...
The Leaning Kiipsaare Lighthouse
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2022
In the sea, off the coast of Saaremaa, Estonia, stands a slender lighthouse leaning dramatically towards the sea. When it was built in 1933 ...
The Churches of Antarctica
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2022
In an article in Vice , Brian Merchant argues that the first structure that humans will probably build on Moon after they have completed bui...
The Longest Place Name in Europe
Kaushik Patowary
May 27, 2022
On the island of Anglesey off the north-west coast of Wales, just across Menai Strait, lies a small village with a big name: Llanfairpwllgw...
The Strange Petroglyphs of Dighton Rock
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2022
On the shores of Taunton River at Berkley, Massachusetts, stands a small museum with a single but massive exhibit—a 40-ton rock that was fis...
Pont Ambroix
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2022
Pont Ambroix, also called the Ambrussum Bridge, was a major Roman bridge across the Vidourle River connecting the end of Villetelle to Galla...
Leaning Tower of Zaragoza
Kaushik Patowary
May 24, 2022
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is undoubtedly the most famous of all towers that lean at alarming angles, but it is not the tallest. That credit ...
Taxidermied Dogs of Bitov Castle
Kaushik Patowary
May 24, 2022
About 25 kilometers northwest of Znojmo, in Czech Republic, where the rivers Želetavka and Dyje meet, lies the small village of Bitov. Here,...
Trajan’s Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2022
On the east of the Iron Gate Rapids near the present-day cities of Drobeta-Turnu Severin in Romania and Kladovo in Serbia, there once stood ...
The Mysterious Pillar at The Center of The Circular City of Gor
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2022
In the year 330 BC, Alexander the Great advanced through the Persian territory, conquering its cities and regions, culminating in the captur...
Mehrangarh Fort: Of Brick, Mortar & Death
Anonymous
May 19, 2022
In Mehrangarh fort of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, murals lend insight into the infernal past of Hindu traditions. Its imprinted walls and resounding...
