John Hooper’s Public Art And Sculptures
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2016
Located in front of Barbour's General Store on King Street in downtown Saint John, in New Brunswick, Canada, is a set of eleven life-siz...
Monument to The Taxi Driver, Buenos Aires
Kaushik Patowary
May 21, 2016
Located in the square of the Avenue of the Italians and Macacha Guemes, in the neighborhood Puerto Madero, in Buenos Aires, the Monument to ...
Kamilo: Hawaii's Plastic Beach
Kaushik Patowary
May 21, 2016
On the remote southeastern tip of the Big Island of Hawaii, lies the beach of Kamilo, where swirling ocean currents bring and dump all sorts...
The Ruined Churches of Ani
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2016
Up on a plateau in the remote highlands of northeast Turkey, 45 km away from the Turkish border city of Kars, lies the crumbling ruins of so...
The Mysterious London Stone
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2016
Embedded in the wall of 111 Cannon Street, in the City of London, just above the sidewalk, is a small grilled window that appears like a dec...
The Tombstone Covered Floor of St. John's Co-Cathedral of Malta
Kaushik Patowary
May 18, 2016
Commissioned in 1572 by Grand Master Jean de la Cassière as the Conventual Church of St. John, the St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, ...
Quincy Granite Railway: America’s First Commercial Railroad
Kaushik Patowary
May 18, 2016
When architect Solomon Willard arrived in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1825, and discovered a granite ledge in a wooded area, he knew he had fo...
Bridges With Buildings
Kaushik Patowary
May 17, 2016
Back in the old days, one of the easiest way to raise money for a bridge’s maintenance was to rent space over the bridge to merchants and sh...
Trajan’s Column: An Emperor’s War Diary Carved in Stone
Kaushik Patowary
May 16, 2016
In the beginning of the 2nd century, the Roman Emperor Trajan led two very successful war campaigns against the powerful Dacia kingdom by th...
Flower Carpets at Infiorata Festival, Italy
Kaushik Patowary
May 16, 2016
The best time to visit Italy, if you want to catch the incredible Infiorata festival, is during May and June. At this time of the year, espe...
