8 Sound Sculptures That Lets Nature Be The Musician
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 8, 2016
While most sculptures are intended to be viewed, there are some that strive to stimulate our other senses as well. These eight large scale s...
Inca Tern: The Bird With A Magnificent Moustache
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 8, 2016
The Bougainville moustached kingfisher might be the one with word “moustache” in its name but it’s the dark grey plumaged Inca tern of the f...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 8
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 7, 2016
A collection of interesting articles that you may have missed, pulled out from Amusing Planet’s past archives. Legoland Deutschland Theme P...
155-Year-Old Mouse Trap in a Museum Claims Another Victim
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 6, 2016
The University of Reading's Museum of English Rural Life has caught a mouse in a trap, but not on one laid by the museum staff to catch ...
The Bombed-Out St Dunstan in The East Church of London
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 6, 2016
One of London’s best kept secret is a small derelict church, or what remains of it, half way between London Bridge and the Tower of London, ...
Gomantong Caves: The Caves of Horrors
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 6, 2016
Deep in the steamy jungles of Borneo, in Malaysia, is a massive crack in the limestone outcrop that leads to an intricate system of caves. E...
This Ordinary House Has an Outrageous Interior
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 5, 2016
This ordinary looking middle-class house in Newport, Oregon, with creamy white siding, yellowed brick, and a two-car garage blends perfectly...
Pholisma Sonorae: A Strange Looking Flowering Plant
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 5, 2016
Pholisma sonorae, commonly known as sand food, is one of the most bizarre wildflowers of North America. Growing out of sand dunes, the flowe...
The Hellish Gold Mines of Serra Pelada
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 4, 2016
In the early 1980s, Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado travelled to the mines of Serra Pelada, some 430 kilometers south of the mouth ...
Europe's First Underwater Sculpture Museum
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 4, 2016
The island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain, has set up of the first set of sculptures in what will be the first completely underwa...
