The Underground Homes of Matmata, Tunisia
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2017
A lot of communities around the world, particularly those in hot climates, traditionally live in caves to escape the heat. The Berbers of Ma...
The Turtle Graveyard of Sipadan
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2017
Back in the early 1980s, the famous ocean explorer Captain Jacques Yves Cousteau and his team paid a visit to the island of Sipadan, off the...
The Lava Tubes of Undara Volcanic National Park
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2017
In the vast savannah of Australia’s North Queensland, 300 km southwest from the city of Cairns, lies the Undara Volcanic National Park where...
The Missile at Madison Quarry Lake
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2017
Standing in the middle of an old and abandoned limestone quarry in Madison, in the US state of Alabama, is a 53-foot-tall nuclear missile. T...
The Big Circles of Jordan
Kaushik Patowary
May 18, 2017
The Big Circles are a collection of 12 giant circular stone structures spread across parts of Jordan and Syria. Despite they being over 2,00...
The Sapphire Mines of Ilakaka, Madagascar
Kaushik Patowary
May 18, 2017
Ilakaka is a small town in the south west of Madagascar along Route Nationale 7, the main road linking the capital city Antananarivo to the ...
Linesville Spillway: Where Ducks Walk on Fishes
Kaushik Patowary
May 17, 2017
The Pymatuning Reservoir in Crawford County, in the US state of Pennsylvania, was once a very large swamp. The Shenango River flowed through...
The Curious Tree Engravings by Psychiatric Patients at Perryville
Kaushik Patowary
May 17, 2017
At the Perryville Community Park in Perryville, in the US state of Maryland, not far from the Perry Point Veteran's Medical Center, is a...
George Parrot: The Man Who Became A Pair Of Shoes
Kaushik Patowary
May 15, 2017
George Parrott, who was also known as Big Nose George, was a small time cattle rustler and highwayman in the American Wild West in the late ...
St. Pierre and Miquelon: The Last French Colony in North America
Kaushik Patowary
May 12, 2017
About 25 kilometers off the coast of Canada, in the North Atlantic, lies a tiny bit of France. It’s a string of islands belonging to the arc...
La Rinconada: The World’s Highest City
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2017
High in the Peruvian Andes, far above the tree line, lies an old gold-mining camp that has, over the years, grown to the status of a city. O...
Bialowieza: Europe’s Last Primeval Forest
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2017
Before the arrival of humans, much of northeastern Europe was covered by primeval forests that stretched for thousands of kilometers across ...
RÃo de la Plata: The Widest River You’ve Never Heard Of
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2017
On the southeast coast of South America, between Uruguay and Argentina, there is a tapering intrusion of the Atlantic Ocean. The funnel-shap...
Alex Chinneck’s Architectural Illusions
Kaushik Patowary
May 9, 2017
A historic building in London’s Covent Garden, violently slashed through the middle, floats mysteriously in the air with no apparent support...
Xylotheque: The Wood Library
Kaushik Patowary
May 9, 2017
In 18th century Germany, where modern forestry began, a curious sort of library began to grow. Enthusiasts began to collect samples of diff...
Saatse Boot: A Russia-Estonia Border Anomaly
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2017
In southeast Estonia, in the municipality of Värska Parish, lies a peculiar border irregularity. A small piece of Russian land called the “S...
Thomas Dambo’s Forgotten Giants
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2017
Danish artist Thomas Dambo has been building stuff using trash and recycled materials since an early age, starting with smaller sculptures ...
Nasreddin Hodja of Turkey
Kaushik Patowary
May 4, 2017
You may have not heard of Nasreddin Hodja, but in the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of Europe, Nasreddin Hodja is a famous folk chara...
Project West Ford: Earth’s Artificial Ring
Kaushik Patowary
May 4, 2017
In the summer of 1963, the United States successfully put a gigantic ring around the earth. But unlike Saturn, earth’s ring was not made of ...
De Poezenboot: Amsterdam’s Cat Boat
Anonymous
May 3, 2017
A city with over one hundred kilometers of canals, it’s no surprise that Amsterdam is full of houseboats. However, one such boat in the hist...
