Tomb of Cyrus: The World’s Oldest Earthquake Resistant Structure
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 13, 2019
Natural calamites like floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes have always been considered “acts of god”, yet for centuries our ancestors have r...
Lake Titicaca’s 150-year Old Steamship That Runs on Dung
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 10, 2019
The BAP Puno. Photo credit: Peruvian Navy . Lake Titicaca, the largest lake in South America, is situated high up in the Andes on the bord...
Republic of Cospaia: The Italian Hamlet That Became an Independent State For Four Centuries Due to Surveying Error
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 9, 2019
Nuzzled next to Tuscany, in northern Umbria, lies a small Italian village called Cospaia. For nearly four centuries, this territory of just ...
Jakarta’s Rooftop Villages
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 8, 2019
Rooftops make great gardens, especially in dense urban environments where every available space has been utilized for living and for commerc...
The Vitrified Forts of Scotland
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 6, 2019
Throughout the Bronze and the Iron Ages, Europeans have constructed hilltop forts and enclosures made of stone. About two hundred examples o...
The 40-Foot Studebaker President
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 5, 2019
Few companies escaped the Stock Market Crash of 1929 that plunged the United States and much of the western world into an abyss of economic...
The Bridge of Breasts
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 5, 2019
At one point in the distant past, Venice had a busy red light district in the very commercial heart of the city—the Rialto area. Prostitutio...
Prague’s Streets Paved With Jewish Gravestones
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 5, 2019
Millions of people walking through the beautiful cobbled streets in the Czech capital Prague are unaware that they are treading upon old gra...
Project A119: The Secret Plan to Nuke The Moon
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 2, 2019
Long before the United States President John F. Kennedy delivered the inspiring "We choose to go to the Moon" speech in front of a...
Barge Haulers on The Volga
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 1, 2019
Before the era of steam engines, the process of moving a boat or a barge up a river was extremely difficult. The usual method was to tow the...
