The Monument to Hugh Glass
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 1, 2016
Perhaps the most memorable scene from the 2015 movie The Revenant was Hugh Glass, played by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, being attacked by a gr...
Carving Dead Trees Into Public Art
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 1, 2016
Trees have long life spans, but eventually they too die of old age or succumb to diseases or get damaged in thunderstorms and hurricanes. Wh...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 18
Kaushik Patowary
May 29, 2016
A collection of interesting articles from Amusing Planet’s archives. Illustrated Guide to Italian Hand Gestures Hand gestures and body lan...
These Mysterious Mounds in South America Are Made of Worm Poop
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2016
Scattered across the vast grassy floodplains of the great Orinoco River of South America, in an area roughly the size of Ireland, are thousa...
Rock in The House, Fountain City
Kaushik Patowary
May 27, 2016
On April 24, 1995, a 55-ton boulder rolled down a hill and crashed into the bedroom of the house of Maxine and Dwight Anderson at 440 North ...
Historic Dollhouses Capture 300 Years of British Domestic Life
Kaushik Patowary
May 27, 2016
The National Building Museum in Washington DC has a new exhibit. On loan from the Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood in London, this ...
Cuexcomate: A Dead Volcano You Can Climb Into
Kaushik Patowary
May 26, 2016
Located in the neighborhood of La Libertad, in the city of Puebla, Mexico, the sinter cone deposit of Cuexcomate has been mistakenly describ...
Memorial to The Murdered Jews of Europe
Kaushik Patowary
May 26, 2016
One of the most impressive and controversial memorial to the Holocaust is located near Brandenburg Gate, in the Friedrichstadt neighborhood ...
Parque de Bombas: The Old Ponce Fire Station
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2016
One of Ponce’s most recognizable landmarks is Parque de Bombas, the city’s old firehouse building and now a firefighting museum. This bright...
The Skyscraper Without a Window
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2016
Standing at 33 Thomas Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of New York City is a 550-foot tall monolithic, granite-clad, concrete buildin...
The Crooked House of Himley
Kaushik Patowary
May 24, 2016
The Crooked House, so called because of its lean, is a curious little attraction and a local watering hole located close to the village of H...
Hidden Poems on Boston’s Sidewalk Reveal When it Rains
Kaushik Patowary
May 24, 2016
For the last few months, Boston’s local artists have been spray painting poetry onto concrete sidewalks using biodegradable, water-repellent...
The Fine Cave Paintings of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2016
Of all prehistoric cave paintings discovered in different parts of the world, the ones at Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in southern France des...
John Hooper’s Public Art And Sculptures
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2016
Located in front of Barbour's General Store on King Street in downtown Saint John, in New Brunswick, Canada, is a set of eleven life-siz...
Monument to The Taxi Driver, Buenos Aires
Kaushik Patowary
May 21, 2016
Located in the square of the Avenue of the Italians and Macacha Guemes, in the neighborhood Puerto Madero, in Buenos Aires, the Monument to ...
Kamilo: Hawaii's Plastic Beach
Kaushik Patowary
May 21, 2016
On the remote southeastern tip of the Big Island of Hawaii, lies the beach of Kamilo, where swirling ocean currents bring and dump all sorts...
The Ruined Churches of Ani
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2016
Up on a plateau in the remote highlands of northeast Turkey, 45 km away from the Turkish border city of Kars, lies the crumbling ruins of so...
The Mysterious London Stone
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2016
Embedded in the wall of 111 Cannon Street, in the City of London, just above the sidewalk, is a small grilled window that appears like a dec...
The Tombstone Covered Floor of St. John's Co-Cathedral of Malta
Kaushik Patowary
May 18, 2016
Commissioned in 1572 by Grand Master Jean de la Cassière as the Conventual Church of St. John, the St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, ...
Quincy Granite Railway: America’s First Commercial Railroad
Kaushik Patowary
May 18, 2016
When architect Solomon Willard arrived in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1825, and discovered a granite ledge in a wooded area, he knew he had fo...
