The Hanging Houses of Cuenca
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 2, 2017
In the Castile–La Mancha region of central Spain, the Júcar river has carved a deep gorge as it flows through the Iberian Peninsula. Along i...
Magdalen: The Island of Shipwreck Survivors
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 1, 2017
The small archipelago of Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, off the coast of the Canadian province of Quebec, is home to some 1...
Mudflat Hiking in The Wadden Sea
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 1, 2017
The southeastern edge of the North Sea, along the coast from Denmark through to the Netherlands, is a shallow belt of mudflats and barrier i...
Jamestown: The First English Settlement in America
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 1, 2017
More than a hundred years after Christopher Columbus’ historic voyage in 1492, a team of roughly one hundred colonists left England in late ...
Cerro Rico: The Mountain That Eats Men
Kaushik Patowary
May 27, 2017
High in the Andes, in southwest Bolivia, towering above one of the highest cities in the world, stands the cone-shaped peak of Cerro Rico —t...
Giant Hand Sculptures Around The World
Kaushik Patowary
May 26, 2017
The other day, a pair of giant hands appeared rising out of a canal in Venice, as if to support the sides of the Ca’ Sagredo Hotel. It was a...
The Ravens of The Tower of London
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2017
For many centuries, the historic Tower of London, on the north bank of the River Thames, has been guarded by ravens. These winged creatures ...
The Stone Labyrinths of Bolshoi Zayatsky Island
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2017
Bolshoi Zayatsky is a small island belonging to the Solovetsky archipelago in the Onega Bay of the White Sea, in Russia. The island is home ...
Seoul’s Floating Skygarden
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2017
A kilometer-long section of a disused overpass in the heart of Seoul has been converted into an urban nursery with more than 24,000 potted p...
The Underground Homes of Matmata, Tunisia
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2017
A lot of communities around the world, particularly those in hot climates, traditionally live in caves to escape the heat. The Berbers of Ma...
