Mapparium: The World’s Only Inside-Out Globe
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2016
The Mapparium at Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston, Massachusetts, is a huge, 30 foot tall globe of bronze and glass that has no parallel an...
The 870-Year Old Historic Sausage Kitchen of Regensburg
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 19, 2016
One hundred twenty five kilometers north of Munich lies the old medieval town of Regensburg, situated at the confluence of three rivers —the...
The Ancient Roman Walls of Hisarya
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 19, 2016
Located on the outskirts of the Sredna Gora mountain range, about 40 km north of Plovdiv, in Central Bulgaria, lies the ancient town of Hisa...
Boulder Field of Hickory Run State Park
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 17, 2016
Hickory Run State Park, located in northern Carbon County, on the Pocono Plateau of northeastern Pennsylvania, is home to one of the most st...
The Forgotten Tunnel Under Naples Filled With Vintage Cars
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 17, 2016
One hundred and fifty meters from the large public square of Piazza del Plebiscito in central Naples, Italy, is an entrance that descends ab...
The Shrines of Aspen Mountain
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 15, 2016
Tucked in the woods surrounding the many ski areas around Aspen, in the US state of Colorado, are countless shrines and memorials. Hidden am...
Clarke Bedford’s Bizarre Art House And Cars
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 15, 2016
On Nicholson Street in Hyattsville, in Maryland, the US, stands the outlandishly decorated house of Clarke Bedford, a retired art conservato...
8 Living Memorials Shaped Out of Trees
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 15, 2016
Building a memorial out of stone and concrete is one way to pay tribute to a person, but a truly unique and symbolic way of memorializing so...
The Cannon And The Bell: The Tsars of Moscow Kremlin
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 14, 2016
Cannons and bells have always had a special relationship. They are made from the same metals and often in the same factory. Throughout histo...
Venus of Berekhat Ram: The World’s Oldest Piece of Art That Predates Humans
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 13, 2016
To the untrained eye, this tiny piece of volcanic rock vaguely resembling a female figurine looks natural, but under the microscope, the gro...
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 ...
