The Sponge Divers of Greece
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 28, 2016
Most sponge that we use today are synthetic, but in the old days sponge was collected from the sea bed. Some of the finest-quality sea spong...
USS Recruit: The Battleship That Sprang Up In The Middle of New York City
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 24, 2016
In the spring of 1917, when the United States entered the First World War, the need for more sailors and marines became paramount. In order ...
Goodwin Sands And Its Shipwrecks
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 23, 2016
Six miles off the coast of Deal in East Kent, England, lies one of the most treacherous stretches of sand in Britain. Lying in the middle of...
The Bungalows of Eastern Serbia’s Cemeteries
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 23, 2016
From a distance, the tiny houses on the outskirts of the eastern Serbian village of Smoljinac looks like a couple of cozy summer cabins. It’...
Trees Made Famous by Movies, Music, Art And Literature
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 22, 2016
Movies, music and literature has brought fame to millions, but not all celebrities are humans. Sometimes, a tree becomes the unexpected cent...
Bozouls: A French Town Perched Above A ‘Hole’
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 22, 2016
Trou de Bozouls, or “the hole of Bozouls”, is a large horseshoe-shaped canyon located near the commune of Bozouls in the Aveyron department ...
Tokyo’s Iconic Shibuya Crossing
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 19, 2016
It’s hard to believe that in a mega metropolis like Tokyo, one of the biggest attraction is not a tower or a statue or a museum or a park, b...
The Sunken City on Kekova Island
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 19, 2016
The ancient Lycian city of Simena, often referred to as Kekova-Simena, once straddled the long and narrow island of Kekova in the Mediterran...
The Hell’s Bells of Cenote Zapote
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 17, 2016
Deep below the surface, inside the water filled caverns of Cenote Zapote in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, stalactites grow into strange sh...
Tommy Tucker: The Famous Squirrel Who Cross-Dressed And Sold War Bonds
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 17, 2016
It is said that Tommy Tucker fell from a tree one fine afternoon in 1942 in the backyard of the Bullis’ house, in Washington, D.C., while he...
The Mounds of North America
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 17, 2016
The American heartland was once dotted by thousands of ceremonial and burial mounds. They occurred over a large area that stretched from the...
Naples’ Secret Museum of Erotic Art
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 15, 2016
When the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were unearthed from under volcanic ash at the foothills of Mount Vesuvius, in the ...
The Japanese Museum of Rocks That Look Like Faces
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 15, 2016
Two hours northwest of Tokyo in Chichibu, there is a museum of rocks called Chinsekikan where you won’t learn a thing about geology. However...
The Hoodoos of Goblin Valley State Park
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2016
One of the strangest places in Utah, United States, is Goblin Valley located in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville...
From The Sketchbook of a World War 2 Soldier
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2016
Victor A. Lundy is best known for his modernist architecture —the imposing rectangles of the United States Tax Court Building in Washington,...
The Tide Barriers of Venice
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2016
Flooding has been a part of Venice since ancient times. Between autumn and spring, the city is affected by bouts of periodic flooding known ...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 29
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 13, 2016
From the archives of Amusing Planet. Rainbow Eucalyptus–The Most Colorful Tree on Earth These trees may look like they've been painted...
Monument To The Unelected
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 11, 2016
Drive past Lefferts Historic House, in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, this week, and you will be confronted by a crowd of political signs res...
Cheltenham Badlands in Caledon
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 10, 2016
The Cheltenham Badlands is an area in Caledon, Canada, consisting of bare, windswept red hills and gullies displaying spectacular colors tha...
Watch The Superb Bird-of-Paradise’s Courtship Dance
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 10, 2016
The aptly named “superb bird-of-paradise” is fascinating to behold, especially when it’s performing its courtship dance. In fact, once the m...
