Purton Hulks: The Ship Graveyard
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 30, 2023
One of the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain was created not by accident, but by the deliberate sinking of tens of old trawler and ...
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Sad Hill Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 28, 2023
About 30 kilometers southeast of Burgos, a charming city in the Castilla y León region of northern Spain, rests a rather expansive cemetery....
PLTD Apung 1: The Tsunami Ship Memorial
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 24, 2023
Less than a kilometer from the Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, stands another monument that conveys the true power of nature that w...
Uraniborg: An Observatory Without a Telescope
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 22, 2023
Before the invention of the telescope, astronomers relied on a variety of tools and techniques to observe and study the celestial objects an...
La Catedral: Pablo Escobar’s Personal Prison
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 19, 2023
By 1991, Pablo Escobar had undergone a remarkable journey, starting as a car thief and then evolving into a small-time trafficker and kidnap...
Cold Water Geysers
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 28, 2023
A typical geyser expels hot water and steam when an underground spring comes in contact with hot rocks heated by magma, causing the water to...
Fernando Traverso's Bicycles
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 27, 2023
Throughout the streets of Rosario, a city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe, you will find hundreds of images of bicycles stenci...
The Monument to Soviet Tank Crews
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 27, 2023
For many decades, a Soviet tank raised on a pedestal in the center of Prague was a monument to the liberation of the city by the Red Army at...
Dresden’s Tobacco Mosque
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 22, 2023
The ‘Tobacco Mosque’ in Dresden, Germany, by the city’s main railway line, is a fascinating structure. The impressive building with a 60-fee...
The Dwarves of Wrocław
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 20, 2023
The city of Wroclaw is famous for its charming market square, stunning old houses, and majestic churches. But lurking below near the ground,...
