A Blast From The Past: Episode 5
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 17, 2016
A collection of interesting and noteworthy articles that you may have missed, pulled out from Amusing Planet’s nearly 8-year old archives. ...
Château d'Ussé, The Castle That Inspired “Sleeping Beauty”
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 16, 2016
Nestled on the edge of the Chinon forest and overlooking the banks of the River Indre, in the French commune of Rigny-Ussé, is the 15th cent...
The Twin Sails Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2016
The Twin Sails Bridge is a double leaved bascule bridge that spans the Backwater Channel in Holes Bay connecting the town center of Poole, i...
Mount Taranaki And Egmont National Park
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2016
Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island, is said to be one of the most symmetrical v...
World’s Largest Railway Model is Now on Google “Mini” Street View
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2016
Google’s Street View, that lets you explore the world through the virtual eyes of street level cameras, has now shrunk itself to the size of...
The Grand Bazaar of Istanbul
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 13, 2016
The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, encompassing a total of 61 covered streets and o...
The Gregynog Hall of Tregynon
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 13, 2016
The historic Gregynog Hall in the village of Tregynon, in Wales, UK, is a large country mansion whose brilliant black-and-white timber-frame...
Paolo Ventura’s Miniature Dioramas
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 13, 2016
Italian artist Paolo Ventura began his career as a fashion photographer before he became a storyteller, building highly detailed, miniature...
Emanuel Pavao’s Colored Tape Paintings
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 13, 2016
Toronto-based artist Emanuel Pavao creates unique work out art using a medium very few have been successful with —duct tapes. Pavao uses...
Tarr Steps: An Ancient ‘Clapper Bridge’ in Somerset
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 12, 2016
In the lonely moors of Devon and in other upland areas of the United Kingdom, the ancient people had built stone bridges by placing large fl...
The Corn Palace of South Dakota
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 12, 2016
The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, is one of America’s corniest attraction. The palace is a regular building built of out of reinfor...
Whitesboro, The Village With The Most Racist Seal
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2016
Update: Residents have voted to keep the current seal rather than replace it. A few hours from now, residents of Whitesboro, in Oneida Coun...
The Babson Boulders Of Dogtown
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2016
The old community of Dogtown in Cape Ann in Massachusetts, was once home to respectable citizens. It was settled in the mid-17th century by ...
Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2016
The Sierra del Divisor region along the Peru-Brazil Border in the heart of the Amazon Basin, constitutes the world’s newest National Park, f...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 4
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 10, 2016
A collection of interesting and noteworthy articles that you may have missed, pulled out from Amusing Planet’s nearly 8-year old archives. ...
The Wedding Cake Rock, Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2016
The Wedding Cake Rock is an unusual geological formation located just north of Marley Beach near Bundeena within the Royal National Park, in...
The Iron Zoo of Coalinga
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2016
Situated 190 miles south of San Jose, California, is the small town of Coalinga — a name derived by losing the middle term from “Coaling Sta...
The Mysore Palace of India
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 8, 2016
The historical Palace of Mysore in the city of Mysore in Karnataka, southern India, is one of India’s grandest royal buildings. It was the f...
Fishing For Bicycles in Amsterdam’s Canals
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 8, 2016
Amsterdam is the most bicycle-friendly city in the world, with 40% to 60% of all trips within the city made on bikes. Some estimate that th...
The Mausoleum of The Martyrdom of Polish Villages
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2016
A beautiful new World War 2 memorial is nearing completion in Michniów in south-central Poland. Set to open in 2016, the Mausoleum of the Ma...
