Japan’s Largest Cemetery Okunoin With 200,000 Buried Monks
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 18, 2016
In a peaceful wooded area of Wakayama Prefecture, south of Kyoto and Osaka, lies the ancient village of Koyasan or Mount Koya, known as the ...
The Crater Riddled Cliffs of Pointe du Hoc, Normandy
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 16, 2016
A few kilometers east of the small fishing port of Grandcamp, the Normandy coastline in northern France, juts into the sea forming a sheer p...
Butcher’s Broom: Can Fruits Grow on Leaves?
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 16, 2016
Butcher’s Broom, or Ruscus aculeatus , is a low-growing perennial shrub with tough, erect, stems and very rigid leaves that terminate in a s...
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...
