The Humongous Fungus
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2017
Beneath the soil in the Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon, the United States, lurks a very large fungus that has been slowly weaving...
Paracas Candelabra of Peru
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 5, 2017
The Nazca Lines in southern Peru are some of the best known geoglyphs on earth, but they aren’t the only ones in the Nazca desert. About 200...
Herculaneum: Pompeii’s Less Famous Neighbor
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 4, 2017
In late August 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius blew its top off and for three days death rained down upon towns, villas and farms surrounding the volc...
Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm?
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 4, 2017
This question, which appears in the form of a graffiti on a towering brick obelisk in Hagley in Worcestershire, England, has been haunting t...
Kuching, The Cat City
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 1, 2017
The city of Kuching, in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia, is full of cats. There are cats on the sidewalk, at traffic signals, in parks, ins...
Hattusa: The Ancient Capital of The Hittites
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 29, 2017
One of Turkey’s lesser visited but historically significant attraction is the ruin of an ancient city known as Hattusa, located near modern ...
The Forgotten Sport of Octopus Wrestling
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 29, 2017
One April morning in 1963, some five thousand spectators gathered on the shores of Puget Sound near the Tacoma Narrows, in Washington, to wa...
The Steam Hammers Of The Industrial Age
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 27, 2017
Standing proudly at the entrance to the French industrial town of Le Creusot, in the region of Bourgogne in the eastern part of the country,...
Heikegani: The Crab With A Human Face
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2017
In a small seaside park near the Kanmonkyo Bridge, in the Japanese city of Shimonoseki, stands two bronze statues depicting two Samurai warr...
The Unfinished National Monument of Scotland
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2017
High up on the summit of Carlton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland, stands the country’s National Monument. But far from being the source of natio...
The “Lone Pine” Trees Growing Across Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 22, 2017
Many war memorials across Australia have pine trees growing in their grounds. These trees are called “Lone Pines”, and their ancestry can be...
How Amsterdam’s Airport Is Fighting Noise Pollution With Land Art
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2017
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, located just 9 km southwest of the city, is the third busiest airport in Europe and one of the busiest in the ...
Inkerman Cave Monastery of St. Clement
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 20, 2017
The Inkerman Monastery of St. Clement, located near the city of Inkerman at the mouth of the Black River, is built into the natural caves an...
The Sand Covered Floors of Caribbean Synagogues
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2017
The Caribbean is not all about sandy beaches, its about sandy synagogues too. As many as four synagogues in this part of the world have flo...
The Norias of Hama
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2017
The norias of the ancient Syrian city of Hama are seventeen historic waterwheels located along the Orontes River that date back to the Byzan...
Operation Tracer: The Secret Plan To Bury Soldiers Alive Inside The Rock Of Gibraltar
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 15, 2017
The great limestone monolith called the Rock of Gibraltar, towering over the small British overseas territory near the southwestern tip of E...
Casa Vicens: Gaudi’s First Building Opens To Public
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2017
More than 130 years after it was built, the first building designed by Barcelona’s famed architect Antoni Gaudi opens to the public for the ...
The Moving Facade of Bund Finance Center, Shanghai
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2017
A new financial quarter is being built near the waterfront of Shanghai's old town. Designed by British architectural firms, Foster + Par...
A New Atmospheric Phenomenon Called Steve
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2017
For the past three years, members of a Facebook group called the Alberta Aurora Chasers , consisting of photographers who exchange tips and ...
Spreewald: Germany’s Venice
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2017
About 100 km south-east of Berlin in the State of Brandenburg, lies the beautiful Spreewald Biosphere Reserve. This low-lying area in which ...
