Lanterns Of The Dead
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 20, 2017
During the 12th century, people in the central and western parts of France erected small towers in their villages with windows at the top, i...
Puzzling Gravestones
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 19, 2017
When Canadian doctor Samuel Bean lost his first two wives, Henrietta and Susanna, within 20 months of each other, he decided that the best w...
The Outer Trial Bank
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 19, 2017
In The Wash, a squarish estuary on the East coast of England, where Norfolk meets Lincolnshire, there is a peculiar island, perfectly circul...
The Building That Was Built From Top to Bottom
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 16, 2017
At Plaza de Colón in Madrid, Spain, there is a twin building that is known locally as "El Enchufe" or "The Plug" for it ...
The Tumuli Lava Blisters
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 15, 2017
In the relatively flat Harman Valley, located between Wallacedale and Byaduk, south of Mount Napier in Victoria, Australia, are peculiar roc...
The Kauri Driving Dams
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 14, 2017
The Kauaeranga Valley in New Zealand's North Island was once covered in vast kauri forests. The trees were immense with thick, straight ...
The Bullet-Scarred ‘Operation Anthropoid’ Church in Prague
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 12, 2017
The Saints Cyril and Methodius Church on Resslova Street, in Prague, may look like any other Baroque church in the Czech capital, but turn r...
Signal Hill: The Birthplace of Modern Communications
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2017
Overlooking the harbour of St John's, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, is a massive piece of rock towering 140 meters above the Atl...
London’s Cabmen's Shelters
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 7, 2017
Scattered throughout the streets of London, often overlooked, are small green sheds that have been offering shelter and hot food to the city...
The Devil’s Corkscrews
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 5, 2017
In the mid-1800s, ranchers across Sioux County, in the US state of Nebraska, began unearthing strange, spiral structures of hardened rock-li...
