Olivier Levasseur’s Lost Treasure
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 20, 2024
On the 7th of July 1730, the notorious French pirate, Olivier Levasseur, faced his final moments on the scaffold. His crimes, which had inst...
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Heavy Lift Ships and their Impossibly Massive Cargoes
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2012
When you need to transport large cargo, goods, and materials from one place to another, ship is the ideal choice even though they are extrem...
The Wreck of Swedish Warship Mars
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 12, 2017
About 18 km off the coast the Swedish island of Öland, in the Baltic Sea, at a depth of about 75 meters, lies one of the most beautiful ship...
Auguste Piccard: The Man Who Flew To The Stratosphere
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 1, 2022
Auguste Antoine Piccard was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer, who became the inspiration behind one of Tintin’s most lovable charact...
Trajan’s Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2022
On the east of the Iron Gate Rapids near the present-day cities of Drobeta-Turnu Severin in Romania and Kladovo in Serbia, there once stood ...
The Blue Grotto of Capri, Italy
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2014
The Blue Grotto is a sea cave located on the coast of the island of Capri, in southern Italy, famous for its otherworldly blue glowing water...
Les Machines de l'ÃŽle: Machines of the Isle of Nantes
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2012
Machines of the Isle of Nantes or Les Machines de l'ÃŽle de Nantes are a set of gigantic mechanical animals designed by Francois Delaroz...
Asphalt Lakes And The Secrets in Their Depths
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 23, 2016
Some of the world’s strangest lakes are filled not with water but with asphalt, also known bitumen, the same material that roads are paved w...
Ganvie, the Village on a Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 12, 2013
Ganvie is a peculiar village built on Lake Nokoué, just an hour north of the city of Cotonou, the administrative capital and the largest cit...
The Alpine Lakes And Waterfalls of Jiuzhaigou
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2016
The Jiuzhaigou Valley, located at the foot of the snow-capped Minshan Mountain, in the north of Sichuan province, China, is a place of excep...
The Islet of Vila Franca do Campo
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 1, 2014
Situated in the middle of the Atlantic, 1,369 km west of the European mainland, the Azores archipelago comprises of nine islands spread over...
Firefly Squids in Toyama Bay, Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 30, 2012
The Firefly Squid is a bioluminescent squid growing to a length of only three inches. The squid is equipped with special light-producing org...
How a Solar Storm Set Off Sea Mines During The Vietnam War
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2021
Buried deep within the archives of the US Navy, lied a mystery that was only recently solved. On August 4, 1972, dozens of naval mines that ...
Punaluʻu Black Sand Beach
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2012
Punalu'u Beach Park is the most famous black sand beach on the Big Island of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The beach’s black sand is made of...
The Sinking of U-boat 864
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 9, 2023
During World War II, German U-boats wrought havoc upon Allied supply lines and commercial shipping inflicting heavy losses on merchant convo...
The Monster Waves at Nazare, Portugal
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 11, 2015
The pretty seaside town and resort of Nazaré on the west coast of Portugal remains crowded throughout the summer with tourists who flock to ...
Opal – The Most Spectacular Gemstone
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 25, 2013
Opal is one of the most beautiful of gemstones. These stones can flash every color of the spectrum with a brilliance that can even surpass t...
Troll-A Platform: Largest Object Ever Moved by Man
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 12, 2013
The Troll A platform is an offshore natural gas platform in the Troll gas field off the west coast of Norway. At 1.2 million ton ballasted u...
Trona Pinnacles
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 25, 2018
This unique geological feature, called Trona Pinnacles, are located about 10 miles south of the mining community of Trona, in California’s d...
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...
