The Mysterious Sky Battle Over Nuremberg in 1561
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 18, 2020
Throughout history, many observers have reported seeing strange things in the sky. Some of these sightings were, in all probability, natur...
When Dead Whales Toured The Country
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 17, 2020
For almost three decades, from the 1950s though the 1970s, three gargantuan, smelly, whale carcasses toured the length and breadth of Europe...
Unaweep Canyon: The Canyon With Two Mouths
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 14, 2020
Unaweep Canyon in western Colorado, the United States, is a large canyon that cuts across the Uncompahgre Plateau, a large uplift within the...
Anatoli Bugorski: The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside a Particle Accelerator
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 14, 2020
Out of all places to stick your head into, a particle accelerator would rank among the worst. Yet, on that fateful day of 13 July 1978, thir...
Circus Maximus
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 12, 2020
The Colosseum was the Roman Empire’s largest amphitheater, but it was not the largest stadium. That title belonged to Circus Maximus, situat...
A Treasure Trove of Antique Car Accidents
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 12, 2020
For four decades from 1917 through the late 1950s, Boston Herald-Traveler photographer Leslie Jones covered every major and minor events in...
Cynthia, The Celebrity Mannequin
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 11, 2020
The story of Pygmalion, from ancient Greek mythology, is well known. Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with his own creation, which ...
London’s Only Lighthouse
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 10, 2020
On the north bank of River Thames, just across the iconic O2 arena (formerly known as the Millennium Dome), stands London’s only lighthouse....
The Tunnel of Eupalinos
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 10, 2020
Digging tunnels is probably among the most toughest engineering projects the ancient people undertook, because it required mastering several...
The Znamya Space Mirror
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 6, 2020
For a few hours just before dawn on the night of 4 February 1993, a giant spotlight, 5 kilometers in diameter, raced across Europe from we...
Town Pounds
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 5, 2020
Scattered across the English countryside and in many former British colonies, especially northeastern United States—an area historically kno...
Dilmun Burial Mounds
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 5, 2020
You can’t get around Bahrain without spotting at least one burial mound. They appear like small conical hills, and they usually occur in gro...
That Time When Computer Memory Was Handwoven by Women
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 4, 2020
Computer technology from yesteryears look comically primitive and bulky. One popular image frequently shared in social media sites show a ...
The Murders Written in Stone
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 3, 2020
The Ardwell House East Lodge sits right on the edge of A716 that runs along the east coast of the Rhins of Galloway, in southern Scotland. L...
Peter's Café Sport: The Post Office in The Middle of The Atlantic
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 1, 2020
The Azores in the North Atlantic is one of the most remote archipelago in the world. Situated about 1,500 km from the west coast of Portugal...
The Beatles’ Bumprints in Plymouth Hoe
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 31, 2020
The Chinese Theater in Hollywood Blvd is famous for its many footprints and handprints of celebrities set into concrete blocks, but where ca...
Brighton And Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 31, 2020
Two children looking up at the car of the Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway. Photo: Hemmings Motor News For five years...
The Walnut Grove of Arslanbob
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 28, 2020
In the Djalalabad region of Southern Kyrgyzstan, at the foot of the Babash Ata Mountain, lies the village of Arslanbob surrounded by an enor...
Abu Hureyra, The Place Where Humans Became Farmers
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 28, 2020
Civilization is said to have begun independently across the world at six sites, dubbed the “cradle of civilization. Two of these are in the ...
Scuttling at Scapa Flow: When The German Navy Sank its Own Ships
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 27, 2020
The Armistice of 11 November 1918, that ended hostiles between the Allied and the Allies, left little for negotiation. The Germans were give...
