Saatse Boot: A Russia-Estonia Border Anomaly
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2017
In southeast Estonia, in the municipality of Värska Parish, lies a peculiar border irregularity. A small piece of Russian land called the “S...
Thomas Dambo’s Forgotten Giants
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2017
Danish artist Thomas Dambo has been building stuff using trash and recycled materials since an early age, starting with smaller sculptures ...
Nasreddin Hodja of Turkey
Kaushik Patowary
May 4, 2017
You may have not heard of Nasreddin Hodja, but in the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of Europe, Nasreddin Hodja is a famous folk chara...
Project West Ford: Earth’s Artificial Ring
Kaushik Patowary
May 4, 2017
In the summer of 1963, the United States successfully put a gigantic ring around the earth. But unlike Saturn, earth’s ring was not made of ...
De Poezenboot: Amsterdam’s Cat Boat
Anonymous
May 3, 2017
A city with over one hundred kilometers of canals, it’s no surprise that Amsterdam is full of houseboats. However, one such boat in the hist...
The Wild Horses of Namib Desert
Kaushik Patowary
May 2, 2017
The sparsely vegetated plains around Garub on the eastern fringe of the Namib Desert is no paradise. The land is barren, the climate dry and...
Mary And Her Little Lamb
Kaushik Patowary
May 1, 2017
The childhood nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is familiar to all, but did you know it’s based on a real Mary and a real l...
This Football Stadium in Henningsvær
Kaushik Patowary
May 1, 2017
The Henningsvær Idrettslag Stadion in the small fishing village of Henningsvær, located on two small islands off Lofoten, in Norway, can har...
The Brand New Island of Surtsey
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2017
Located about 30 kilometers off the southern coast of Iceland, lies the small island of Surtsey. It is one of the world's youngest islan...
The Forgotten Ruins of Mrauk U
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2017
Spread across the beautiful rolling hills of Rakhine in Western Burma, lies a little known archeological site—the medieval town of Mrauk U. ...
