Colossi of Memnon: The ‘Singing’ Statues
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 22, 2016
The Colossi of Memnon, also known as Colossus of Memnon, are two massive stone statues on the west bank of the River Nile, opposite the mode...
Lava Lakes: The Exposed Guts of Volcanoes
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2016
Most volcanoes have a deep inner chamber of molten rocks, but this chamber is typically capped shut by cooled, solid rock. But sometimes the...
The Mysterious Mima Mounds
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2016
In the prairies near Olympia, in Washington, in northwestern United States, thousands upon thousands of grass-covered humps bulges out of th...
The Indestructible Bust of Pablo Iglesias
Anonymous
Jun 20, 2016
A little off the tourist trail in the northern barrio of Madrid lies a reproduction of a bust of Pablo Iglesias Posse. Founder of both the S...
Famous Porcelain Tower of Nanjing Rebuilt
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 20, 2016
The lost Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, ranked one of the seven wonders of the medieval world, is back in Nanjing more than a hundred and fifty...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 20
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2016
A collection of interesting articles from Amusing Planet’s archives. How The Military Hid The Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant During World...
Frying Pan Lake of New Zealand
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 18, 2016
The Frying Pan Lake in Waimangu, New Zealand, is one of the largest hot pools in the world. Its acidic waters stay at about 50–60° centigrad...
The Boab Prison Trees of Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 18, 2016
The Australian baobab tree, a relative to the baobabs of Madagascar and mainland Africa, is a large tree with a big swollen trunk that resem...
Welwitschia Mirablilis: An Extraordinary Plant
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2016
This tangled mess of tattered and withered leaves has been called one of the ugliest plants in the world. While it certainly isn’t pretty, i...
The Schwerbelastungskörper And Hitler’s Grand Plans For Berlin
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 16, 2016
On the corner of Dudenstrasse and General-Pape-Strasse in Berlin, between the S-Bahn tracks and a housing estate, stands a massive cylindric...
