The Altamura Man
Kaushik Patowary
May 3, 2016
In 1993, a team of speleologist probing a karst borehole in the Altamura Murgia region, near the Italian city of Altamura, stumbled upon a n...
Paiva Walkways in Arouca
Kaushik Patowary
May 3, 2016
The Pavia Walkways are an 8-km-long route of wooden walkways and staircases that cling to the mountain side along Paiva river in Arouca muni...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 16
Kaushik Patowary
May 1, 2016
A collection of interesting articles from the archives that you may have missed. The Secret Life of the Harvest Mice Photographers Jean-Lo...
Woodberry Wetlands: A Nature Reserve in The Heart of London
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 30, 2016
An old reservoir in the boroughs of Hackney, in north east London, has been transformed into a nature reserve. Called Woodberry Wetlands, th...
The Dance of Zalongo
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 30, 2016
Above the village of Kamarina, near Preveza, Greece, is the historic cliffs of Mount Zalongo. It was here in 1803, during the Souliote War, ...
Murud-Janjira Fort, India
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 30, 2016
The Murud-Janjira Fort is situated on an oval-shaped rocky island in the Arabian Sea, near the coastal town of Murud, 165 km south of Mumbai...
The Toxic Town of Times Beach, Missouri
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2016
The former town of Times Beach, in Missouri, United States, about 27 km southwest of St. Louis, was founded as part of a strange marketing p...
The Story Behind Ukraine’s “Tunnel of Love”
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2016
Back in 2011, Amusing Planet posted pictures of a mysterious green tunnel of trees covering a section of railway tracks in Ukraine, known as...
The Rock Garden of Chandigarh
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 27, 2016
It took years of planning and millions of Rupees to design one of India’s first planned cities, but Chandigarh's biggest tourist attract...
A Statue Dedicated to Sex Workers in Amsterdam
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 27, 2016
In Oudekerksplein, or the Old Church's Square, in the heart of Amsterdam’s red-light district of De Wallen, stands a bronze statue of a ...
