The Decorative Chimneys of Hampton Court Palace
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 12, 2016
Back in the middle ages, a heated home was a luxury that the majority did not have. Most people huddled around an open hearth in the center ...
Wichahpi Commemorative Stone Wall
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 12, 2016
For the last 35 years, Alabama resident Tom Hendrix has been building a mile-long monument, in his hometown Florence, to honor his great-gre...
Unconditional Surrender
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 10, 2016
On San Diego’s harbor, right next to the maritime museum aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway, stands a 25-foot-tall statue depicting a sa...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 27
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 9, 2016
From the archives of Amusing Planet. Spectacular Opera on Lake Stage at Bregenz Since 1946, the Bregenz Festival ‘Opera on the Lake’ in Au...
Istanbul’s Famous ‘Meme Cat’ Honored With Statue
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 7, 2016
On the occasion of World Animal Day on October 4, Istanbul unveiled a sculpture in the likeness of Tombili, a cat that shot into fame early ...
Jison-in: Japan’s Boob Temple
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 7, 2016
Situated at the base of Mount Koya, in the small town of Kudoyama, in Wakayama prefecture, the Jison-in temple looks looks no different than...
The Catacombs of Odessa
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 6, 2016
Underneath the city of Odessa, in Ukraine, is an extensive network of tunnels believed to be the largest catacomb system in the world. Large...
The Wrecked Bomber of Huu Tiep Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 5, 2016
On the night of December 27, 1972, a US bomber B-52 was knocked out of the sky during a bombing raid on Hanoi, Vietnam. A part of the wrecka...
Libreria Acqua Alta, Venice’s Flooded Bookstore
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 4, 2016
During the winter months, Venice suffers from bouts of periodic flooding, known as acqua alta , caused by exceptionally high tides that occu...
Bighorn Medicine Wheel
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 4, 2016
Some Native American cultures built large stone circles by laying stones in a particular pattern on the ground. They are known as “medicine ...
Kofun: Japan's Keyhole-Shaped Burial Mounds
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 3, 2016
The landscape around Kansai, in southern-central Japan, especially around Osaka and Nara, is dotted by curious keyhole-shaped mounds surroun...
The Orange Rocks of Bay of Fires
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 1, 2016
The Bay of Fires, on the northeastern coast of Tasmania in Australia, is a large bay that extends for about 30 km from Binalong Bay in the s...
The Lost Villages of St. Lawrence
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 1, 2016
In 1954, the United States and Canada jointly embarked on a massive engineering project that involved the creation of a 600-km-long navigabl...
The Brown Dog Affair
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 29, 2016
In a secluded spot near the Old English Garden, in London’s Battersea Park, is a small bronze statue of a terrier. The statue was erected in...
Siq, Petra’s Spectacular Gorge
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 29, 2016
The ancient city of Petra, located in the heart of the mountainous desert of southern Jordan, had different approaches in the past. One poss...
London’s Deep Level Air Raid Shelters
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 28, 2016
When the Second World broke out in Europe, and London became the prime bombing target, people began to pour into the platforms of the London...
Colma, The Town of The Dead
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 27, 2016
South of San Francisco, near Daly City, lies the small town of Colma where the dead outnumbers the living by a thousand to one. It’s less th...
Jal Mahal: Jaipur’s Submerged Water Palace
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 26, 2016
Submerged in the waters of an artificial lake, in the “pink city” of Jaipur, in the state of Rajasthan, India, is the beautiful marbled pala...
Hess Triangle: The Smallest Piece of Private Property in New York City
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 24, 2016
At the southwest corner of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue, in front of the entrance to the Village Cigars store, there's a small ...
The Restored Castle of Matrera
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 24, 2016
Restoring an ancient monument is a delicate business. Do you shore up an existing wall, or redo it completely in modern concrete? When the c...
