The Bear Moat of Český Krumlov Castle
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 7, 2017
The historic Český Krumlov Castle in the small city of Český Krumlov, in the Czech Republic, was built in the mid-13th century by the powerf...
The Sundial Cannon of Åtvidaberg
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 7, 2017
In the not-too-distant past, before the invention of modern timekeeping devices, noontime —the moment when the sun is at the highest positio...
Santa Cruz Del Islote: A Crowded Utopia
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 6, 2017
Santa Cruz del Islote is a tiny coral island, and one of the smallest, in the archipelago of San Bernardo off the coast of Colombia. It is o...
Alert: The Most Northern Settlement in The World
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 3, 2017
Located just over eight hundred kilometers away from the North Pole, the community of Alert, on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, in...
A Spotlight Of Snow
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 3, 2017
The other day, NASA’s Earth Observatory posted some interesting pictures about localized snow in the Netherlands. Several fields in Heensch...
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 ...
