Glass Beach on Ussuri Bay
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 2, 2017
Just a 30-minute-drive away from the city of Vladivostok, Russia, lies a stunning bay surrounded by impressive cliffs. Not very long ago, th...
The Sunken Lanes of Europe
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 2, 2017
Appearing as trenches dredged through the earth or tunnels cleared through forests, these ancient pathways called holloways or sunken lanes ...
Checkerboard Forest
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 1, 2017
If you pull up Google Maps and look at the forested areas of Western United States, you’ll notice strange checkerboard patterns, like the on...
The Oil Rig Graveyard of Cromarty Firth
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 31, 2017
In a remote sheltered harbor guarded by two precipitous headlands, in the North of Scotland, dozens of oil rigs are sitting idle, some for m...
The Lost Island of Ferdinandea
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 31, 2017
Once upon a time, in the waters not far off the coast of Sicily, there was an island called Ferdinandea. It was located right where the Medi...
Batagaika Crater, Siberia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 30, 2017
In the heart of Siberia’s boreal forest, a massive crater the locals call the “gateway to the underworld” has been growing for the last fift...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 32
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 29, 2017
From the archives of Amusing Planet. Parting of the Sea in Jindo The Jindo county is an archipelago of 250 islands, of which Jindo Island ...
The World’s Smallest Mountain And Mountain Range
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 28, 2017
That little bump ahead, just beyond the fork in the road, is the world’s smallest registered mountain. Located in Australia’s low-lying Terr...
The Zion Curtains of Utah
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 27, 2017
A source of confusion among many first time visitors to the US state of Utah are the bars. Like any regular bar, there are stools lining the...
The Chemical Valley of Sarnia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 27, 2017
These tall chimneys billowing thick, toxic smoke stand on the banks of the Saint Clair River, on the outskirts of the Canadian city of Sarni...
The Floating Bridges of Seattle
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 25, 2017
A bridge of concrete and steel that floats may seem highly unusual, if not impossible, but there are twenty such bridges around the world, f...
Playgrounds From The Space Age
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 25, 2017
The rocket holds a special place in history. It’s an icon of technological progress that’s both revered and feared at the same time. During ...
The Execution Dock on River Thames
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 24, 2017
Travellers to early modern London, while approaching the port city up the river Thames, were greeted by a ghastly sight. The riverbank was l...
The House Where Hitler Was Born
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 23, 2017
Braunau am Inn, on the south bank of the Inn river, close to the border with Germany, is a charming little town in Austria. But it carries a...
The Terrifying Beauty of Melting Icecaps
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 23, 2017
Every summer, as the air warms up and the sunlight beats down on the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, pools of brilliantly blue melt ...
The House Made of Newspapers
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 21, 2017
If you go to Rockport someday, in Massachusetts, the United States, take some time to drive down Pigeon Hill Street and look out for a sign ...
Ecce Homo: The Botched Painting That Saved a Town
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 20, 2017
Eighty-three year old amateur artist Cecilia Giménez had nothing but good intentions when she turned her attention towards a deteriorating f...
A Hanging Tree, Graves And Hemingway: The Colorful History of Captain Tony's Saloon
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2017
There appears to be nothing remarkable about Captain Tony's Saloon housed in a yellow, two-storied building at 428 Greene Street in Key ...
Kitsault: The Ghost Town Where Lights Are Still On But No One’s Home
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2017
Think ghost town and you’ll probably imagine ruins —roofless houses, dirty broken windows, rotting floors, but at Kitsault, on the North Coa...
The Infamous Mauthausen Stairs of Death
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 16, 2017
The Mauthausen concentration camp, situated about 20 kilometers east of the city of Linz in Upper Austria, was the hub of one of the largest...
