The Rio de Janeiro Cathedral
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 15, 2016
One of Rio de Janeiro’s most visible attraction is the Rio de Janeiro Cathedral or the Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro. This cone s...
Tavolara: The World's Smallest Kingdom
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 15, 2016
Just off the coast of Sardinia, Italy, in the Gulf of Olbia, lies the lonely island of Tavolara, that rises out of the sea as a jagged mount...
The Murals of National Autonomous University of Mexico
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 14, 2016
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), located in downtown Mexico, is the largest university in Latin America, and one of the ...
Al-Shaheed Monument, Baghdad
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 14, 2016
During the 1970s and 1980s, Saddam Hussein’s government spent a lot of oil money in building monuments around Baghdad. Two of these are quit...
The Water Village of Kampong Ayer
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 14, 2016
On the banks of Brunei River, which flows through Brunei's capital city Bandar Seri Begawan, is a settlement consisting of 42 contiguous...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 12
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 13, 2016
A collection of interesting articles that you may have missed, pulled out from Amusing Planet’s past archives. Cancun Underwater Sculpture ...
Henninger Turm: World’s Tallest Storage Silo With a Restaurant On Top
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 12, 2016
Henninger Turm or Henninger Tower in Frankfurt’s Sachsenhausen district was one of this area’s famous landmark, and part of the great skylin...
Women’s World War 2 Memorials
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 12, 2016
All wars change the lives of those they touch, but nothing was as transformative and revolutionary as the Second World War, particularly for...
Cisternerne: A Subterranean Water Reservoir Turned Into Art Gallery
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 11, 2016
Buried beneath Frederiksberg Hill in the heart of Søndermarken Park, in Copenhagen, is a massive underground space that once held up to 16 m...
The Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 10, 2016
The Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, in the state of Colorado, is one of the world’s most famous dinosaur sites. Discovered in 1877 by Arthur Lak...
