Villagers Scrap a Living Out of Abandoned Diamond Mine in Brazil
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 27, 2016
Deep in the heart of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, along the banks of the Rio Jequitinhonha, rural miners explore the massive open pi...
The Circular Laguna Garzon Bridge in Uruguay
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 26, 2016
When building bridges, engineers and architects don’t always look for the shortest possible crossing. The new ring-shaped bridge across Lagu...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 6
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 24, 2016
A collection of interesting articles that you may have missed, pulled out from Amusing Planet’s nearly 8-year-old archives. Cool Movie Illu...
Would You Live in a Luxury Resort That Was Once a Concentration Camp?
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 21, 2016
That’s the question angered family members of those who were imprisoned at a sea fort in the Adriatic Sea is asking, when the government app...
Underwater Museum at Cape Tarkhankut
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 21, 2016
About a hundred meters off the coast at Cape Tarhankut, the westernmost part of Crimea, at a depth of a ten to twelve meters is a unique mus...
The Ruins of Yugoslav Ministry of Defence Building in Belgrade
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 21, 2016
In 1999, about a dozen countries under the umbrella of NATO launched a military attack against Yugoslavia, which they said was an operation ...
World’s Most Beautiful And Outstanding Piers
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 20, 2016
Piers were originally built for the purpose of getting people and cargo from the boat to the shore without getting their feet wet, before th...
The First Flower Blooms in Space
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2016
A bright orange zinnia has grown for the first time in space, in zero gravity, and without soil. The zinnia, an edible flowering plant, was ...
Circumzenithal Arcs Or Upside Down Rainbows
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2016
Have you ever seen an inverted rainbow with its curved back towards the ground and ends pointing up, like a smile in the sky? Some people ca...
Plane With Detachable Cabin Makes Surviving Air Crash Possible
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2016
Russian Ukrainian aviation engineer Tatarenko Vladimir Nikolaevich has unveiled a new design for an airplane that might just make surviving...
Museum of Bees, Poyales del Hoyo
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2016
The Museum of Bees, in Poyales del Hoyo, Spain, provides a unique opportunity for visitors to safely watch these hardworking insects in acti...
Fairytale Like Christmas Celebration in Moscow
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2016
Christmas in Russia is different from Christmas celebrated in the rest of the world. For starters, they are celebrated on January 7, rather ...
Chien Chu Lee Carves Pencils Into Architectural Sculptures
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2016
Chien Chu Lee from Taiwan is a self-taught pencil carving artist who has mastered a remarkable art form. Lee has been carving pencils since...
Egypt Opens Middle East's First Fossil Museum
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2016
In the desert valley of Wadi al-Hitan, some 150 km southwest of Cairo, Egypt has unveiled what it said is the Middle East's first museum...
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...
