The Catholic Church Built by a Muslim Emperor
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 7, 2019
The city of Agra on the banks of Yamuna is a historical city full of monuments from the Mughal period, of which the Taj Mahal is one of the ...
Earthquake Rose
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 7, 2019
On February 28, 2001, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 rocked the US state of Washington cracking sidewalks, toppling buildings, and causing s...
Lunatic Express: The Railway That Gave Birth to Kenya
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 5, 2019
More than a hundred years ago, before Europeans had set foot on what is now Kenya, a tribal prophet named Kimnyole spoke of a vicious “iron...
The Roadside Shrines of Greece
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2019
Roadside shrines erected in memory of those who lost their lives in road accidents are a common sight across Greece. They are found next to ...
How The Soviet Helped Vulcan, An American Town, Get a Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 2, 2019
In south West Virginia, near the border with Kentucky, the United States, is a small unincorporated community named Vulcan. Vulcan was onc...
The Last Gas Streetlights
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 1, 2019
For much of human history, people have lived in the dark. The sun shines for only half the day, or less—lesser still during winter. So ever...
Bone Records: Soviet-Era Bootlegged Music on X-Rays
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 28, 2019
During the Cold War, Soviet Russia was a very restrictive place. The media was heavily censored, foreign radio and television station waves...
Cat Ladders of Bern
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 28, 2019
Cats love climbing, and they certainly need no human help to navigate precarious-looking structures. But in the Swiss city of Bern, cat owne...
Buchette Del Vino: The Wine Windows of Florence
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 27, 2019
A unique architectural curiosity found only in the Italian city of Florence are tiny decorated openings on the outside walls of many sumptuo...
Qinngua Valley, Greenland’s Only Forest
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2019
Greenland is actually quite white and blue, due to all the glaciers that cover the world’s largest island like frosting on a cake. But near ...
