The Dust Bowl of The 1930s
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 26, 2017
The 1930s were some of the driest years in American history. Eight long years of drought, preceded by inappropriate cultivation technique, a...
The Cathedral of Light
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 23, 2017
Every year, the Nazi Party used to hold large annual rallies in Nuremberg, which was at that time the center of the German Reich. These rall...
The Mossy Lava Fields of Iceland
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 22, 2017
Moss is a common plant in Iceland. It grows abundantly in the mountainous region and is a special characteristic of Iceland’s lava fields. O...
Lanterns Of The Dead
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 20, 2017
During the 12th century, people in the central and western parts of France erected small towers in their villages with windows at the top, i...
Puzzling Gravestones
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 19, 2017
When Canadian doctor Samuel Bean lost his first two wives, Henrietta and Susanna, within 20 months of each other, he decided that the best w...
The Outer Trial Bank
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 19, 2017
In The Wash, a squarish estuary on the East coast of England, where Norfolk meets Lincolnshire, there is a peculiar island, perfectly circul...
The Building That Was Built From Top to Bottom
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 16, 2017
At Plaza de Colón in Madrid, Spain, there is a twin building that is known locally as "El Enchufe" or "The Plug" for it ...
The Tumuli Lava Blisters
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 15, 2017
In the relatively flat Harman Valley, located between Wallacedale and Byaduk, south of Mount Napier in Victoria, Australia, are peculiar roc...
The Kauri Driving Dams
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 14, 2017
The Kauaeranga Valley in New Zealand's North Island was once covered in vast kauri forests. The trees were immense with thick, straight ...
The Bullet-Scarred ‘Operation Anthropoid’ Church in Prague
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 12, 2017
The Saints Cyril and Methodius Church on Resslova Street, in Prague, may look like any other Baroque church in the Czech capital, but turn r...
Signal Hill: The Birthplace of Modern Communications
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2017
Overlooking the harbour of St John's, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, is a massive piece of rock towering 140 meters above the Atl...
London’s Cabmen's Shelters
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 7, 2017
Scattered throughout the streets of London, often overlooked, are small green sheds that have been offering shelter and hot food to the city...
The Devil’s Corkscrews
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 5, 2017
In the mid-1800s, ranchers across Sioux County, in the US state of Nebraska, began unearthing strange, spiral structures of hardened rock-li...
Iligan, The City of Majestic Waterfalls
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 5, 2017
The city of Iligan, in the Northern Mindanao region of Philippines, is one of the country’s major city and the industrial center of the sout...
Rocamadour—The Vertical Village
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2017
Since medieval times, the village of Rocamadour in the Occitanie region of southwestern France has attracted pilgrims from across Europe for...
The Witness Trees of The American Civil War
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 31, 2017
Across the United States there are hundreds and thousands of trees that have stood around for many centuries and bore witness to the history...
Old Sarum of Salisbury
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 30, 2017
Old Sarum in Salisbury, England, is a historically important archeological site consisting of an Iron Age hillfort and what little remains o...
Hill of the Buddha
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 30, 2017
The Hill of the Buddha is a giant Buddha statue located atop a small hill near a cemetery in the Japanese island Hokkaido. The statue was bu...
The Closes of Edinburgh
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 29, 2017
The Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland, consisted originally of the main street, now known as the Royal Mile, and a large number of small alley...
The Mysterious Erdstalls Tunnels
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 29, 2017
Across Europe, there are hundreds of underground tunnels that lead to nowhere and about which no historic records have ever been found. They...
