The Story of Hachiko, The Loyal Dog
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 20, 2015
Just outside one of the five exits of Tokyo's Shibuya Station is a bronze statue of a dog named Hachiko. It is one of the most popular m...
The Wooden Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 20, 2015
The royal estate of Kolomenskoye runs all the way along the right-bank of the River Moscow from Kolomenskaya to Kashirskaya metro stations a...
Titan Clydebank: An Industrial Crane, Now Scotland’s Unique Attraction
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 18, 2015
On the banks of River Clyde, in the town of Clydebank, in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, a towering cantilever crane rises. A hundred years ...
The Great Man-Made River of Libya
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 17, 2015
One of the biggest civilian development project that Libya’s ex-president Muammar Gaddafi undertook during his forty-two-year rule was the G...
Kramerbrucke: The Inhabited Bridge of Erfurt
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 16, 2015
The Krämerbrücke or the Merchant’s Bridge is an inhabited bridge in the German city of Erfurt that spans the Breitstrom, a branch of Gera Ri...
The Hippie Town of Christiania
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 16, 2015
In 1971 an abandoned military area in the borough of Christianshavn, in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, was taken over by squatters, and c...
The 3-Billion-Year-Old Klerksdorp Spheres of Ottosdal
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 15, 2015
In the small town of Ottosdal, in central North West Province of South Africa, miners working in pyrophyllite mines have been digging up mys...
Behind The Stage of Famous European Theatres
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 15, 2015
For the last few years, Hamburg-based photographer Klaus Frahm has been capturing images of incredibly ornamental European theaters from th...
Zheng He’s Enormous Treasure Ships
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 14, 2015
Between 1405 and 1433, during the Ming era, Chinese Admiral Zheng He, who was also the court eunuch, commanded seven expeditionary voyages a...
Stiltsville: The Stilt Houses of Florida
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 14, 2015
A mile off the coast of Cape Florida on the edge of Biscayne Bay, in Miami-Dade County, you can see a collection of houses floating above th...
Bo-Kaap, The Colorful Neighborhood in Cape Town
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 13, 2015
Situated on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city center, Bo-Kaap is one of the oldest and the most fascinating residential areas in the ...
The Camouflaged Military Bunkers of Switzerland
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 13, 2015
Switzerland is a politically neutral country, yet it has a strong military. All across the Swiss alps are military installation and bunkers ...
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Around the World
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 11, 2015
Throughout history, thousands of wars have been fought and millions of soldiers have lost their lives, but only an insignificant fraction of...
The Ghost Army That Duped The Nazis
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 9, 2015
Deception and decoy are part of war strategy. During the Second World War the Allied forces employed dozens of tricks to confuse, mislead or...
Eschenheimer Turm: A Mediaeval Tower in The Middle of Frankfurt
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 9, 2015
Standing right in the middle of downtown Frankfurt, surrounded by modern high-rises, is an early 15th century tower called Eschenheimer Turm...
The Rice Paddy Art of Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 8, 2015
Since 1993, the farmers of the Japanese village of Inakadate, in Aomori Prefecture, has been creating elaborate designs on rice paddy fields...
Tham Khoun Xe Cave
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 8, 2015
Tham Khoun Xe Cave, also known as Xe Bang Fai River Cave, is an immense river cave located in a remote corner of Khammouane Province in cent...
Jabuka, The Magnetic Island
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2015
The island of Jabuka, which means apple in Croatian, is a 97-meters-tall uninhabited volcanic island located in the Adriatic Sea, about 52 k...
Speicherstadt, The Historic Warehouse District of Hamburg
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2015
The Speicherstadt is the world's largest warehouse complex located in the port of Hamburg, within the HafenCity quarter. A city in itsel...
The City of Batman, on Batman River in Batman Province
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 6, 2015
Unless you are Turkish, Batman can mean only one thing — the DC Comics superhero with a cool utility belt who lives in Gotham City. But if y...
