Bridges With Buildings
Kaushik Patowary
May 17, 2016
Back in the old days, one of the easiest way to raise money for a bridge’s maintenance was to rent space over the bridge to merchants and sh...
Trajan’s Column: An Emperor’s War Diary Carved in Stone
Kaushik Patowary
May 16, 2016
In the beginning of the 2nd century, the Roman Emperor Trajan led two very successful war campaigns against the powerful Dacia kingdom by th...
Flower Carpets at Infiorata Festival, Italy
Kaushik Patowary
May 16, 2016
The best time to visit Italy, if you want to catch the incredible Infiorata festival, is during May and June. At this time of the year, espe...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 17
Kaushik Patowary
May 15, 2016
A collection of interesting articles from Amusing Planet’s archives . World’s First UFO Landing Pad, and the First Landing! St. Paul, Alb...
The Abandoned Humberstone And Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2016
Forty-eight kilometers east of the city of Iquique in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, lies the remains of two large saltpeter works. B...
Devon Island: Mars on Earth
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2016
Devon Island in Baffin Bay, belonging to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is the largest uninhabited island on Earth, and for good reasons. ...
The Merci Train: 49 Boxcars Filled With Gratitude
Kaushik Patowary
May 12, 2016
On February 3, 1949, a crowd of over 25,000 gathered at New York Harbor to see the arrival of a merchant ship named Magellan. On the side of...
El Tatio Geyser Field
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2016
The El Tatio Geyser Field, locally known as Los Géiseres del Tatio, is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile, about 89 kilome...
The Crooked House of Canterbury
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2016
Sir John Boys House, also known as The Crooked House, is a skewed 17th century half-timbered building located at the extreme end of Palace S...
Graves on Airport Runways
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2016
New development projects on previously undeveloped land often encroach upon existing private properties and farmlands. Sometimes such a prop...
The Granite Sculptures of Hope Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
May 9, 2016
One of the main uses of granite throughout America is in tombstones and memorials, and the finest examples of this craft can be seen at the ...
Vietnam Veterans Dog Tag Memorial in Chicago
Kaushik Patowary
May 9, 2016
At the Harold Washington Library in Chicago is a new art installation called “Above and Beyond” featuring over 58,000 replica dog tags — one...
The Valley of Square Trees
Kaushik Patowary
May 7, 2016
Inside the flat wide caldera of the dormant volcano of El Valle, in Panama, is a town that goes by the same name. Here, in the foothills of ...
Corlea Trackway: A 2,000-Year-Old Wooden Road in Ireland
Kaushik Patowary
May 6, 2016
Long ago, a large part of north-western Europe, particularly Ireland and Great Britain, were covered in bogs. These soggy wetlands, composed...
Jasper Creek, Venezuela
Kaushik Patowary
May 6, 2016
In the Gran Sabana Municipality of BolÃvar State, in Venezuela, near the town of Santa Elena de Uairén, flows a small stream. The bedrock of...
Junction Valley Railroad: World’s Largest Quarter-Sized Railroad
Kaushik Patowary
May 6, 2016
The Junction Valley Railroad in Bridgeport, Michigan, United States, is a model railroad but not the tabletop variety we are familiar with....
The Highway of Death
Kaushik Patowary
May 4, 2016
Twenty five years ago, one of the most brutal massacres in war history occurred in Iraq, along Highway 80, about 32 km west of Kuwait city. ...
A Walkway Over Water in China
Kaushik Patowary
May 3, 2016
The Shiziguan scenic area, in Xuan'en County of central China's Hubei Province, has unveiled a new floating walkway over a brilliant...
Murals From Trash by Bordalo II
Kaushik Patowary
May 3, 2016
Portuguese street artist Artur Bordalo, known in the art world as Bordalo II , uses trash as his medium which he recycles into amazing stree...
Markthal: Rotterdam’s Beautiful Food Market
Kaushik Patowary
May 3, 2016
At Rotterdam’s historic Binnenrotte Square, next to Blaak Station, is an eleven-stories-tall arched building that huddles over an immense fo...
