Woodhenge: Stonehenge’s Sister Circle Made of Wood
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 10, 2015
Less than 2 miles north-east of the famous Stonehenge stood another Neolithic-age monument but made of timber. Although the wood is long gon...
Frank Slide: Canada’s Deadliest Rockslide Now a Tourist Attraction
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 10, 2015
In the early morning hours of April 29, 1903, a massive section of limestone broke away from the summit of Turtle Mountain in Alberta, Canad...
Elephant Foot Glacier
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 6, 2015
The Elephant Foot Glacier in northeastern Greenland, looks like a bowl of batter that has been poured over a pan. The sheer pressure of the ...
The Secret ‘Plot E’ of Oise-Aisne American Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 6, 2015
The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, in Picardy in northern France, contains the graves of just over 6,000 American soldiers who d...
The Bent Pyramid of Dahshur
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 6, 2015
The Bent Pyramid of Dahshur is located approximately 40 kilometers south of Cairo. It is one of the unusual pyramids of ancient Egypt, but u...
The Fire Lookout Trees of Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2015
In many forest areas in the United States, Canada and Australia, there are fire lookout towers manned by persons called the "fire looko...
Gasometer Oberhausen: An Exhibition Hall in a Former Gasometer
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2015
The Gasometer in Oberhausen, Germany, was constructed in the late 1920s to store excess gas produced by the coal and steel industry in the R...
Florida’s Radioactive Fountain of Youth
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2015
In the corner of Marion and Taylor, in the town of Punta Gorda, in Florida, is a public water fountain that tourists and locals alike have b...
Pikeville: The City That Moved a Mountain
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2015
Nestled in the Appalachian Mountains, in Kentucky, along the Levisa Fork — a tributary of the Big Sandy River — lies the thriving city of Pi...
The Graveyard of Fallen Monuments
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2015
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, so did thousands of statues all across the Union. Crowds gathered with hammers and cranes and pulle...
The Large Binocular Telescope
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2015
The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) is an optical telescope located on Mount Graham at an altitude of 3,200 meters in the Pinaleno Mountains...
Old Car City: The World's Largest Classic Car Junkyard
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2015
If you drive 50 miles north of Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia, along Interstate-75 and then turn right for U.S. Route 411 towards Cha...
Lac de Gafsa: Tunisia’s Mysterious Lake That Appeared Overnight
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2015
Mehdi Bilel was returning home after attending a marriage in the north of Tunisia when he spotted a large lake glimmering in the hot sun, in...
The Valley of The Drums
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2015
During the 1960s, a 23-acre expanse in northern Bullitt County, Kentucky, just outside Louisville, became a disposal ground for toxic waste....
The Sidoarjo Mud Flow Disaster
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2015
In the densely populated Sidoarjo area in East Java, Indonesia, there is a huge expanse of mud, that is the result of a mud volcano that has...
These Streetlights in Jerusalem Bloom Like Giant Flowers
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2015
Tel Aviv based HQ architects has created an urban installation called “Warde” located in Vallero Square, in the heart of Jerusalem. Warde is...
The Murals of Invergordon
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2015
Invergordon is a small town and port situated on the shores of the Cromarty Firth, in Highland, Scotland. Because of its natural, deep-water...
‘Book and Bed’ is a Bookstore Themed Hostel in Tokyo
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2015
Have you ever wished you could stay at a bookstore, reading books all night long, after all the other patrons have left? If you are visiting...
The Children’s Railways of Soviet Russia
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2015
In the outskirts of Budapest, through the scenic Buda hills, run a short, narrow-gauge railway line called Gyermekvasút, which is Hungarian ...
‘Sculpture By The Sea’ 2015 on Bondi Beach
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2015
Over 100 sculptures were erected on Sydney's Bondi Beach, transforming the 2km coastal walk from Bondi to Tamarama into a temporary scul...
