Hess Triangle: The Smallest Piece of Private Property in New York City
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 24, 2016
At the southwest corner of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue, in front of the entrance to the Village Cigars store, there's a small ...
The Restored Castle of Matrera
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 24, 2016
Restoring an ancient monument is a delicate business. Do you shore up an existing wall, or redo it completely in modern concrete? When the c...
The Historic Dutch Ship Batavia, And Its Blood-Curdling History
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 22, 2016
Moored at Bataviawerf, in Lelystad, in the Netherlands, is an authentic replica of a 17th-century ship named Batavia that once belonged to t...
Saudi Arabia’s Abandoned Hejaz Railway
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 20, 2016
The Hejaz railway that ran from Damascus to Medina, through the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia, was one of the principal railroads of the Otto...
The Dee Wright Observatory And Viewing Tubes
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 20, 2016
Google Maps and GPS tracking apps are of great assistance when hiking in the wild, but they still fall short when it comes to identifying di...
A Mysterious Ice Cave That Produces Ice Only During Summer
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 19, 2016
About four miles east of Coudersport, in the town of Sweden, in Potter County, Pennsylvania, lies the most puzzling geological anomaly. It’s...
The Giant Eucalyptus of Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 19, 2016
Most eucalyptus trees are moderately-sized but come to their native land, Australia, and you will be surprised at how tall these trees can g...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 26
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 18, 2016
From the archives of Amusing Planet. World’s Highest Tennis Court at Burj Al Arab The world’s highest tennis court stands atop the fourth ...
Kayakoy: A Greek Ghost Town in Turkey
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 16, 2016
Eight km to the south of Fethiye city in southwestern Turkey lies the ruins of around five hundred houses belonging to the once thriving com...
The Seven Noses of Soho
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 16, 2016
Attached to the walls of various buildings around the Soho neighborhood, in one of the inner boroughs of London, are several plaster casts o...
