Shani Shingnapur: The Village Without Doors
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 9, 2016
About 300 km east of Mumbai, in the remote Indian village of Shani Shingnapur, crime is a concept so alien that villagers here have stopped ...
Mach Loop: The Valley of Fighter Jets
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 7, 2016
Nestled between the towns of Dolgellau and Machynlleth, in central Wales, is a series of grass covered valleys that is renowned the world ov...
Guédelon Castle: France’s Brand New Medieval Castle
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 7, 2016
Deep in the forests of central France, an unusual archeological and historical experiment is taking place. A team of stonemasons, carpenters...
Fairy Doors of Ann Arbor
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2016
Fairies have invaded the city of Ann Arbor, that’s what long-time resident Jonathan B. Wright, a graphic designer, wants you to believe. He ...
Homestead Crater
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2016
The Homestead Caldera, known locally as "The Crater", is a natural hot spring hidden inside a 55-foot tall, beehive-shaped limesto...
The Tomb of Jesus Christ in Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2016
In the distant corner of northern Japan, a place known for terraced paddy fields and apple orchards, is the small village of Shingo, where l...
This Shooting Range in Switzerland Has A Road Going Through
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2016
If you drive through the municipality of Erlenbach im Simmental in Switzerland, along the main road, you’ll pass right underneath a shooting...
The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2016
In Southern Maryland, about thirty miles south of Washington, D.C., the Potomac River forms a shallow bulge called Mallows Bay. It’s an incr...
The Toxic Ghost Town of Picher
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 1, 2016
The northeastern corner of the US state of Oklahoma was once the most productive lead and zinc mining areas of the world. The metals were di...
Winchester Mystery House: The House That Sarah Couldn’t Stop Building
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 1, 2016
Standing in the middle of suburban San Jose, California, is a sprawling Victorian mansion surrounded by beautifully kept gardens, which from...
Rujm el-Hiri: Israel’s Stonehenge
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 1, 2016
This ancient megalith monument, consisting of concentric stone circles and a tumulus at the center, although looks impressive from the air, ...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 28
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2016
From the archives of Amusing Planet. World's Littlest Skyscraper Located at 701 LaSalle Street in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas, is th...
Lucky Knot Bridge in Changsha, China
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 29, 2016
A curvaceous new footbridge inspired by the Mobius strip has opened in Changsha, China, that offers pedestrians a variety of different route...
Saar Polygon: A Monument to Coal Mining in Germany
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 29, 2016
On June 2012, the last of the coal mines operating in the Saarland region in west Germany closed, marking the end of a 250-year history of m...
Campbell–Stokes Recorder: A Simple Device That Measures Sunshine
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2016
This crystal ball located outside Darwin Airport Meteorological Office, in Darwin, Australia, doesn’t look into the future, but provides inv...
The Mysterious Cart Tracks of Phrygia Valley
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2016
In the Phrygian Valley of Turkey, in the west central part of Anatolia, are numerous so called “cart tracks” that crisscross across the land...
La Boca: Buenos Aires’ Colorful District
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2016
The neighborhood of La Boca, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, is famous for two things —the football stadium La Bombonera, and El C...
The Town of Bull Puns
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2016
One hundred sixty kilometers north of Wellington, in New Zealand, at the junction of State Highways 1 and 3, lies the small town of Bulls. Y...
The Salt Valley of Añana
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2016
Salado Valley, in the town of Añana, in northern Spain, is rich in salt but the terrain is unwieldy. Especially, there is a shortage of flat...
Pheasant Island: The Island That Changes Sovereignty Every Six Months
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 25, 2016
Less than six kilometers before river Bidasoa, near the French-Spanish border, empties into the Atlantic Ocean, there lies a small river isl...
