The Pyramid of Austerlitz
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 22, 2016
At the highest point of the Utrecht Ridge, in the Dutch village of Woudenberg, stands Europe’s only pyramid. The 36-meter-tall earthen hill ...
The Defence Line of Amsterdam
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 22, 2016
The immense firepower of modern artillery witnessed during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 caused great concern among the Dutch, because ...
The Gilded Churches of Quito, Ecuador
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2016
The historic city of Quito, Ecuador, is remarkable for its many beautiful churches, especially the 17th Jesuit church la CompañÃa, and the 1...
Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2016
The Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada, United States, is two attractions in one. First, there are ichthyosaur fossils, and second, it ...
The Parthenon of Nashville
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 19, 2016
In the late 19th century, the city of Nashville, in Tennessee, the United States, was known to be one of the most refined and educated citie...
Undressed: An Exhibition of Underwear
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 19, 2016
Underwear worn by British supermodel Kate Moss, corset worn by American burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese, boxers worn by star footballer Davi...
Site A / Plot M: The Buried Remains of The World’s First Nuclear Reactor
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 18, 2016
Located within the Palos Forest Preserve, approximately 20 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, in an area named the Red Gate Woods, are two...
Can You Draw a Bicycle From Memory?
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 16, 2016
In 2009, Italian/American designer Gianluca Gimini walked up to random strangers and friends and asked them to draw a bicycle from heart. S...
Sulabh International Museum of Toilets
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 14, 2016
In a quiet courtyard in the suburbs of New Delhi, inside a low-slung concrete building, the assistant curator and guides of Sulabh Internati...
Ford Rotunda of Dearborn
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 14, 2016
In Dearborn, Michigan, across Ford World Headquarters, where is now the Michigan Technical Education Center, there stood the visitor center ...
Sassi di Matera: The Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cave City
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 13, 2016
In the Basilicata region, in Southern Italy, is an ancient city named Matera known for its cave houses called “sassi”. The sassi are carved ...
Swords in The Rock, Norway
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 13, 2016
On a small hill on the edge of Hafrsfjord, about 6 km from the city center of Stavanger, Norway, stands three enormous bronze swords as monu...
Actun Tunichil Muknal: The Cave of The Crystal Maiden
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 12, 2016
The Maya believed that caves, especially those that extend for several kilometers underground, are entries to the underworld or Xibalba, the...
The Luxurious Mausoleums of Manila Chinese Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 12, 2016
Walk into the Manila Chinese Cemetery in the Filipino capital and you might think you are visiting a residential suburb. There is a two-way ...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 15
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 10, 2016
The Grass Roofs of Norway Norwegians have their own way of going green, and quite literally. For hundreds of years houses in Norway have be...
The Amazing Restoration of Samarkand’s Historic Buildings
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2016
While a certain extremist group has been systemically destroying precious ancient monuments in the middle-east, one Islamic city in Central ...
Shark Ray Alley, Belize
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2016
Shark Ray Alley is a shallow sandy-bottomed area in Hol Chan Marine Reserve, off the coast of Belize, so named because of the abundance of n...
Blackhouses of Scotland
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2016
Hundreds of years ago the highlands of Scotland and Ireland were dotted with a type of dwelling called blackhouses. These were long narrow b...
Palace of The Parliament: The Building of Superlatives
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 8, 2016
At the historical center of Romania’s capital city Bucharest, stands the colossal Palace of the Parliament, one of the most expensive and ex...
Red Lotus Lake, Kumphawapi, Thailand
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2016
There is lake called Nong Han Kumphawapi in northeast Thailand, north of the town of Kumphawapi, and about 50 kilometers away from Udon Than...
