Lahaina Noon: When Shadows Disappear
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 11, 2017
Notice anything odd about this picture? The sun is out as you can tell by the shadows under the cars and on the walls. But why aren’t the ye...
Venta Rapid: Europe’s Widest Waterfalls
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 10, 2017
At just 2 meters tall, the Venta Rapid, or Ventas Rumba in Latvian, is one of the smallest waterfalls in the world. But its low height is co...
Inuit Tactile Maps of Greenland
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 10, 2017
Like everybody else, the Inuit people of Greenland have been making maps to navigate the rugged coastline, but unlike maps made on paper, th...
Colletta di Castelbianco: A Modern Stone Village
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2017
Up on the steep hillside of the Maritime Alps near the Italian Riviera, halfway between Genoa and Nice, lies the ancient medieval village of...
Mark Twain’s Study at Elmira College
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2017
On the campus of Elmira College in upstate New York sits a small octagonal wooden cabin with a writing desk and chair, a brick fireplace and...
The World’s Quietest Train Stations
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 5, 2017
Some of the world’s busiest train stations are located in Japan. Indeed, as per statistics that surfaced in 2013, out of the top 51 train st...
The Japanese Hotel Staffed By Robots
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 5, 2017
In the last few weeks, we have been hearing a lot about how robots have been replacing human workers across industries in developed countrie...
The Fluorescent Rocks of Sterling Hill Mining Museum
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 1, 2017
The Sterling Hill Mining Museum in New Jersey, United States, is known for its variety of immersive and educational exhibits, but is best kn...
The Festival of Exploding Sledgehammers
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 1, 2017
Every February, residents of the tiny town of San Juan de la Vega in Mexico perform the re-enactment of a four hundred year-old battle that ...
Galileo’s Missing Fingers
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 29, 2017
Everybody in Florence knows where Galileo Galilei lies buried. His mortal remains are in a crypt inside the famous Basilica di Santa Croce, ...
