The Hell’s Bells of Cenote Zapote
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 17, 2016
Deep below the surface, inside the water filled caverns of Cenote Zapote in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, stalactites grow into strange sh...
Tommy Tucker: The Famous Squirrel Who Cross-Dressed And Sold War Bonds
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 17, 2016
It is said that Tommy Tucker fell from a tree one fine afternoon in 1942 in the backyard of the Bullis’ house, in Washington, D.C., while he...
The Mounds of North America
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 17, 2016
The American heartland was once dotted by thousands of ceremonial and burial mounds. They occurred over a large area that stretched from the...
Naples’ Secret Museum of Erotic Art
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 15, 2016
When the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were unearthed from under volcanic ash at the foothills of Mount Vesuvius, in the ...
The Japanese Museum of Rocks That Look Like Faces
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 15, 2016
Two hours northwest of Tokyo in Chichibu, there is a museum of rocks called Chinsekikan where you won’t learn a thing about geology. However...
The Hoodoos of Goblin Valley State Park
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2016
One of the strangest places in Utah, United States, is Goblin Valley located in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville...
From The Sketchbook of a World War 2 Soldier
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2016
Victor A. Lundy is best known for his modernist architecture —the imposing rectangles of the United States Tax Court Building in Washington,...
The Tide Barriers of Venice
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2016
Flooding has been a part of Venice since ancient times. Between autumn and spring, the city is affected by bouts of periodic flooding known ...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 29
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 13, 2016
From the archives of Amusing Planet. Rainbow Eucalyptus–The Most Colorful Tree on Earth These trees may look like they've been painted...
Monument To The Unelected
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 11, 2016
Drive past Lefferts Historic House, in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, this week, and you will be confronted by a crowd of political signs res...
