Watch The Superb Bird-of-Paradise’s Courtship Dance
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 10, 2016
The aptly named “superb bird-of-paradise” is fascinating to behold, especially when it’s performing its courtship dance. In fact, once the m...
Shani Shingnapur: The Village Without Doors
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 9, 2016
About 300 km east of Mumbai, in the remote Indian village of Shani Shingnapur, crime is a concept so alien that villagers here have stopped ...
Mach Loop: The Valley of Fighter Jets
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 7, 2016
Nestled between the towns of Dolgellau and Machynlleth, in central Wales, is a series of grass covered valleys that is renowned the world ov...
Guédelon Castle: France’s Brand New Medieval Castle
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 7, 2016
Deep in the forests of central France, an unusual archeological and historical experiment is taking place. A team of stonemasons, carpenters...
Fairy Doors of Ann Arbor
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2016
Fairies have invaded the city of Ann Arbor, that’s what long-time resident Jonathan B. Wright, a graphic designer, wants you to believe. He ...
Homestead Crater
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2016
The Homestead Caldera, known locally as "The Crater", is a natural hot spring hidden inside a 55-foot tall, beehive-shaped limesto...
The Tomb of Jesus Christ in Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2016
In the distant corner of northern Japan, a place known for terraced paddy fields and apple orchards, is the small village of Shingo, where l...
This Shooting Range in Switzerland Has A Road Going Through
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2016
If you drive through the municipality of Erlenbach im Simmental in Switzerland, along the main road, you’ll pass right underneath a shooting...
The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2016
In Southern Maryland, about thirty miles south of Washington, D.C., the Potomac River forms a shallow bulge called Mallows Bay. It’s an incr...
The Toxic Ghost Town of Picher
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 1, 2016
The northeastern corner of the US state of Oklahoma was once the most productive lead and zinc mining areas of the world. The metals were di...
