The Abandoned Humberstone And Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2016
Forty-eight kilometers east of the city of Iquique in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, lies the remains of two large saltpeter works. B...
Devon Island: Mars on Earth
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2016
Devon Island in Baffin Bay, belonging to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is the largest uninhabited island on Earth, and for good reasons. ...
The Merci Train: 49 Boxcars Filled With Gratitude
Kaushik Patowary
May 12, 2016
On February 3, 1949, a crowd of over 25,000 gathered at New York Harbor to see the arrival of a merchant ship named Magellan. On the side of...
El Tatio Geyser Field
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2016
The El Tatio Geyser Field, locally known as Los Géiseres del Tatio, is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile, about 89 kilome...
The Crooked House of Canterbury
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2016
Sir John Boys House, also known as The Crooked House, is a skewed 17th century half-timbered building located at the extreme end of Palace S...
Graves on Airport Runways
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2016
New development projects on previously undeveloped land often encroach upon existing private properties and farmlands. Sometimes such a prop...
The Granite Sculptures of Hope Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
May 9, 2016
One of the main uses of granite throughout America is in tombstones and memorials, and the finest examples of this craft can be seen at the ...
Vietnam Veterans Dog Tag Memorial in Chicago
Kaushik Patowary
May 9, 2016
At the Harold Washington Library in Chicago is a new art installation called “Above and Beyond” featuring over 58,000 replica dog tags — one...
The Valley of Square Trees
Kaushik Patowary
May 7, 2016
Inside the flat wide caldera of the dormant volcano of El Valle, in Panama, is a town that goes by the same name. Here, in the foothills of ...
Corlea Trackway: A 2,000-Year-Old Wooden Road in Ireland
Kaushik Patowary
May 6, 2016
Long ago, a large part of north-western Europe, particularly Ireland and Great Britain, were covered in bogs. These soggy wetlands, composed...
