What Mathematics Has to Do With The Seven Bridges of Königsberg
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 7, 2018
Wedged between Poland and Lithuania, along the Baltic Coast, is a piece of Russia located 200 miles away from the Russian border. The Kalini...
The Grave of Florence Irene Ford
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 6, 2018
The Natchez City Cemetery in Adams County, Mississippi, is home to several unusual tombstones. There is one called the “Turning Angel”, whic...
The Underground Rivers of London
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 6, 2018
Where London is situated today was once the floodplains of the river Thames, surrounded by gently rolling hills and valleys carved by the ri...
Palace of Shaki Khans
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 4, 2018
The city of Shaki in northern Azerbaijan is situated more than 300 km from Baku—too far away for most tourists to make the trip, but is home...
Mount Sunflower: The Tallest Peak With The Easiest Climb
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 2, 2018
Situated at a formidable height of 4,039 feet above sea level, the lofty summit of Mount Sunflower is the highest point in the state of Kans...
The Bamboo Bridge of Kampong Cham That is Built And Dismantled Every Year
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 2, 2018
Across the turbid waters of the Mekong River, in eastern Cambodia, runs a long rickety bamboo bridge connecting the river island of Koh Pen,...
Canary Girls: The World War One Women Who Turned Yellow
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 1, 2018
Munition workers in a shell warehouse at National Shell Filling Factory No.6, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire in 1917. Photo credit: Imperial War...
Siberia’s Cold Storage Ice Tunnels
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 31, 2018
The Yamal Peninsula in northwest Siberia stays covered in permafrost all throughout the year, and while the winters are chilly, summers are ...
London’s Secret Nuclear Reactor
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 30, 2018
For more than 30 years, between 1962 and 1996, a nuclear reactor sat at the heart of London tantalizingly close to a busy thoroughfare and t...
The Great Texas Train Crash at Crush
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 28, 2018
Some publicity stunts can be complete train wrecks. Like that one time in 1613 when a real cannon was used to spice up the production of Sha...
