The Library That Stands On Two Countries
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 22, 2018
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House has two different addresses. If you are American, you’ll say the library is located at “93 Caswell ...
The 30,000 Keys of Baldpate Inn
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2018
In 1913, American novelist Earl Derr Biggers penned a comedic mystery novel titled “Seven Keys to Baldpate”, that became so famous that it i...
The Great Raft of The Red River
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 20, 2018
Before the arrival of the Europeans, “log jams” formed by the accumulation of fallen trees and driftwood on rivers and streams were a common...
How Bermuda’s Chronic Water Shortage Shaped The Islands’ Iconic White Roof
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 19, 2018
Bermuda’s brilliantly white rooftop houses are iconic of the islands, but they aren’t just for show—they serve an important purpose. Without...
Osaka Stadium’s Housing Expo
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 17, 2018
Where the magnificent Namba Parks stand today at Naniwa-ku, in Osaka, Japan, once stood Osaka’s baseball stadium. Opened in 1950 with a cap...
Project Riese: The Secret Nazi Tunnels in Poland
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 17, 2018
Eighty kilometers to the south of Wroclaw, underneath Poland’s oldest mountain range, the Owl Mountains, lies a massive underground complex ...
The Monument That Was Also A Science Lab
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 13, 2018
The Monument to the Great Fire of London that stands near the northern end of London Bridge is a pretty well known landmark. It’s a tall Dor...
The 4-Ton Steel Ball That Produces Artificial Earthquakes
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 10, 2018
In the wooded hillside of Hainberg, near Göttingen, Germany, stands an old seismological station. The Wiechert Earthquake Station was built ...
The Good Hitlers of Circleville
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 9, 2018
The city of Circleville, situated thirty miles to the south of Ohio’s largest city, Columbus, has a few things to boast. The Circleville Pum...
Rolligon: The Vehicle That Makes Running Over Yourself Fun
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 7, 2018
The following image appeared on the December 1957 issue of “Mechanix Illustrated”. It shows a woman smiling while being run over by a mammot...
The World’s Loneliest Tree, And The Clues it Holds to a New Epoch
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 6, 2018
In the remote Campbell Island, situated more than 600 km south of New Zealand’s mainland, grows a solitary Sitka spruce that has gained dist...
Wyld's Great Globe
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 3, 2018
The famous British cartographer and former Member of Parliament, James Wyld, had a brilliant plan to promote his mapmaking business. The Gre...
The Chapel of Prosthetics, New Orleans's St Roch Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 1, 2018
Beyond the tombstones, at the back of St. Roch cemetery in the US city of New Orleans, Louisiana, lies the shrine of St. Roch, dedicated to ...
The Ruins of St. Paul's Church, Macau
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 1, 2018
The city of Macau in Southern China might be best known for its casinos and luxury hotels, but its most treasured icon is actually a church,...
Wojtek: The Bear That Drank Beer And Went to War
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 28, 2018
Archibald Brown, the British official at the port of Naples, looked at the roster in his hand and called out the name—“Corporal Wojtek”, but...
The Triple Bridge of Pontarfynach
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 26, 2018
About 15 km outside Aberystwyth, in Wales, is a small village named Pontarfynach, meaning “the bridge on the Mynach”. As the name suggest, t...
Bir Tawil: The Land No Country Wants
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 26, 2018
Wedged between the borders of Egypt and Sudan is a small parcel of land that is truly unique in this world. It is one of the last unclaimed ...
The Delicate Art of Cobweb Paintings
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 24, 2018
Who could have thought that the delicate, fine, silky threads of a spider’s cobweb could be woven into a canvas strong enough to withstand t...
Whale Graveyards
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 22, 2018
Movement of the earth’s crust over millions of years have drastically changed the geography of the planet such that what is land now was onc...
The Immovable Ladder of Jerusalem’s Church of The Holy Sepulchre
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 21, 2018
Underneath one of the arched windows of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the Old City of Jerusalem, there is an old wooden ladder casual...
