The Carnac Stone Alignments
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 8, 2016
Out of hundreds of megalithic sites across Europe, only a few has achieved popularity, such as the Stonehenge. But other sites are no less i...
The Goose Girl of Göttingen
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 8, 2016
Located halfway between Hamburg and Frankfurt, near to the Harz mountains, the town of Göttingen is best known for its university which was ...
The Drive-Through Trees of California
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 7, 2016
The giant redwoods of Northern California are the biggest trees in the world with trunks so thick that it’s possible to carve a small drivew...
The Mystery of Synchronous Fireflies
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 6, 2016
In the first few weeks of June, visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, United States, are treated to a rare natural spe...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 19
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 5, 2016
A collection of interesting articles from Amusing Planet’s archives. Tall Tale Postcards of the Twentieth Century During the early years o...
Fliegeberg: Otto Lilienthal’s ‘Fly Mountain’
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 4, 2016
One of the major inspiration to the Wright brothers was the work of German pioneer of aviation, Otto Lilienthal, who repeatedly and successf...
The Temples of Humankind, Damanhur
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 4, 2016
In 1978, a group of about fifteen people belonging to a mysterious spiritual community called Damanhur, lead by its founder Oberto Airaudi, ...
The Devil’s Nose Railroad
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2016
When Ecuador President General Eloy Alfaro took office in 1895, and announced that a new railway line would be built connecting the coastal ...
Texas Town Erects a Selfie Statue
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2016
The town of Sugar Land, Texas, has got the Internet talking after it erected a strange new piece of public art —a bronze statue featuring tw...
The Strangely Seductive 18th Century Anatomical Wax Models
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 2, 2016
These beautiful wax models of sensuous women lying supine, with their heads tipped back, and lips parted in ecstasy, look like they are from...
