The Lost Villages of St. Lawrence
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 1, 2016
In 1954, the United States and Canada jointly embarked on a massive engineering project that involved the creation of a 600-km-long navigabl...
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Colma, The Town of The Dead
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 27, 2016
South of San Francisco, near Daly City, lies the small town of Colma where the dead outnumbers the living by a thousand to one. It’s less th...
Kayakoy: A Greek Ghost Town in Turkey
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 16, 2016
Eight km to the south of Fethiye city in southwestern Turkey lies the ruins of around five hundred houses belonging to the once thriving com...
Sperrgebiet: The National Park You Can’t Visit
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 19, 2016
In southwestern Namibia lies a vast area that’s been off-limits to visitors for more than a century. It stretches along the Namibian coast f...
Berat, The City of Thousand Windows
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 4, 2016
The city of Berat in south-central Albania, is renowned for its historic architecture and scenic beauty. A UNESCO World Heritage site, Berat...
The Round City of Baghdad
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 19, 2016
The city of Baghdad was founded in the 8th century as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, by its caliph al-Mansur. The Caliphate had just ...
The Sand Buried Village of Shoyna
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 13, 2016
Shoyna is a small fishing village located on the Kanin Peninsula in Northern Russia. Situated on the edge of the arctic circle, the inhabita...
Sassi di Matera: The Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cave City
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 13, 2016
In the Basilicata region, in Southern Italy, is an ancient city named Matera known for its cave houses called “sassi”. The sassi are carved ...
Gangi, The Town That Gave Itself Away
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 6, 2016
The Italian town of Gangi, built atop a small bump-like hill in an wooded valley in central Sicily, about 80 kilometers southeast of Palermo...
Acoma Pueblo: The Oldest Continuously Inhabited Settlement in The United States
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 22, 2016
Acoma Pueblo, in Valencia County in West Central New Mexico, is believed to have been established in the 12th century or even earlier, makin...
The Asbestos Ghost Town of Wittenoom
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 1, 2016
One of the most beautiful areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia is also one of the most dangerous. About eighty years ago, blue a...
Neft Dasları: A City Built On Oil Platforms
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 27, 2016
Far out into the Caspian Sea, a hundred kilometers away from the Azerbaijani capital Baku, lies one of the most incredible settlements in th...
Wuzhen: The Ancient Chinese Water Town
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 11, 2015
Located in the center of the six ancient water towns south of Yangtze River, in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, Wuzhen is the most beautif...
There is Nothing in Arizona
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 21, 2015
In a bare stretch of US Highway 93, between mile markers 148 and 149, stands Nothing, a small abandoned “town” with literally nothing to see...
Coober Pedy: An Australian Town That Lives Underground
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 20, 2015
Coober Pedy is a small town in northern South Australia, 850 kilometers north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. On the surface, the place l...
Towns of Twins
Kaushik Patowary
May 6, 2015
The University of Texas estimates that 32 out of every 1,000 people in this world are a twin or 16 pairs in 1,000, which translates to 3 pe...
A Town Named ‘Zzyzx’ in California
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 24, 2015
About half way between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, as you drive along Interstate 15 through the lonely Mojave Desert, you’ll come across an u...
The Solitary Town of Solitaire, in Namibia
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 18, 2014
Solitaire is a small settlement in the Khomas Region of central Namibia near the Namib-Naukluft National Park. The town is situated at the j...
The Water Town of Zhouzhuang
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 11, 2014
Zhouzhuang is one of the most famous "water town" in China, situated between Lake Tai and Shanghai, about 55 kilometers southeast ...
The Cliffside Town of Tropea
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 7, 2014
Tropea is a seaside resort located in the region of Calabria, in the south of Italy. The town is perched on top of an imposing cliff, in the...
