Simeon Stylites: The Ascetic Who Lived Atop a Pillar For 37 Years
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 6, 2022
Many monks and hermits go to great lengths to deny themselves of simple pleasures in order to atone their sins and pursue spiritual goals. S...
Carlton Tavern: The Pub That Was Reborn From Rubble
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 2, 2022
Carlton Tavern in Kilburn, London, was the heart of the community for nearly a hundred years until it ceased to exist one spring morning in ...
The Talking Stamps of Bhutan
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 30, 2022
Bhutan, a small landlocked country sandwiched between India and China, barely attracts attention in the international arena. Its postage sta...
The Two-Headed Boy of Bengal
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 29, 2022
In May 1783, in a small village named Mundul Gaut, in Bengal, India, a strange child was born. He had two heads. The midwife assisting the...
The Vanishing of Flannan’s Lighthouse Keepers
Ria Gupta
Jun 27, 2022
During the cold December days of 1900, three men disappeared off a remote island in the Outer Hebrides. They left no trace or trail, save fo...
Watson’s Hotel: India’s Oldest Cast Iron Building
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2022
Early one morning In 1867, a traveler walking through the familiar streets of Kala Ghoda district in Bombay noticed something strange “like ...
The Trilingual Inscriptions of Darius and Xerxes at Ganj Nameh
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 22, 2022
About 12 kilometers southwest of the ancient city of Ecbatana (modern Hamadan) in western Iran, and 2,000 meters above sea level on Mount Al...
George Lawrence’s Mammoth Camera
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2022
In 1899, the Chicago & Alton Railway introduced a new intercity rail service between Chicago and St. Louis. Pulled by a 4-6-2 steam loco...
Dyrehavsbakken: The World’s Oldest Amusement Park
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2022
Just 10 km north of central Copenhagen, in the woods of Dyrehaven, sits Dyrehavsbakken, or simply Bakken, an amusement park that attracts cl...
Coal Gas Vehicles
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 20, 2022
Contrary to popular belief, vehicles run with natural gas was very common in the early 1900s in America and parts of Europe. However, this g...
Who Was The Man in The Iron Mask?
Anonymous
Jun 17, 2022
The man in the iron mask has been a historical enigma since the 18th century. Born circa 1658, he became a prisoner that hopped across the t...
What is Galvanism, And How Did it Inspire Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 16, 2022
On 18 January 1803, George Foster was hanged by the neck. The jury had found him guilty of murdering his wife and child by drowning them in ...
The Ruins of Khara-Khoto
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 14, 2022
In the westernmost banner of Inner Mongolia, in the middle of the Gobi Desert, there once stood a prosperous kingdom. It was a center of rel...
When Iceland’s Women Took a Day Off
Anonymous
Jun 14, 2022
Iceland is today known as one of the world’s most feminist countries. But the roots of this progressive title lies deep within ground-breaki...
The Cults That Worship Cargo
Anonymous
Jun 13, 2022
Picture this: the second World War is unleashing upon the world, but in a far corner across the seas from America, patches of land remain un...
The Book That Became Famous Before it Was Published
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2022
Fly Fishing: Memories of Angling Days is one of those books where the story behind is more interesting than the book itself. It’s not tha...
Eigerwand, The Railway Station Carved Into The Mountains
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2022
The Jungfrau massif is flanked by the Grindelwald and Rhône river valleys in the south-central Swiss Alps, between the towns of Brig and Int...
The Westinghouse Atom Smasher
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2022
For almost 80 years, a huge lightbulb-shaped device stood in Forest Hills on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, United States. To...
The Round Towers of Ireland
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 8, 2022
A unique feature of the Irish landscape are its free-standing round towers or Cloigtheach , which literally means “bell house”. As their nam...
Mahabat Maqbara: A Forgotten Testament of Artistry
Anonymous
Jun 8, 2022
In Junagadh, Gujarat, the confluence of cultural influences in India epitomises in the form of an overlooked monument. Mahabat Maqbara—an ep...
