Britain’s Hundred Million Pound Banknotes
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 20, 2019
Scottish banknotes are weird. Although they are used all over Scotland and the rest of the UK, they are not legal tender, which means a shop...
Australia’s Rock And Ocean Pools
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 20, 2019
A defining feature of the Australian coastline, particularly in New South Wales, are the rock pools—outdoor swimming pools carved out of the...
Seljavallalaug: Iceland’s Hidden Swimming Pool
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2019
Tucked in a narrow valley in South Iceland, a short hike away from the Ring Road that encircles the country, is an outdoor swimming—arguably...
Fata Morgana Mirage
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2019
The atmosphere plays unusual tricks with light in the polar regions, especially at sea, creating strange shapes like a looming island, a flo...
Döllersheim: The Village That Hitler Destroyed to Crush a Rumor
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 18, 2019
About one hundred km northwest of Vienna, in northern Austria, lies a small village called Döllersheim. Eighty years ago, this tiny Austrian...
The White Cliffs of Iturup Island
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 18, 2019
Stretching from Hokkaido, Japan to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean, are a string of volcanic i...
China’s Trackless Trains
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 18, 2019
After two years of testing, a new futuristic train that runs on virtual tracks was launched for the first time in Yibin, in the province of ...
The Moon Villages of South Korea
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 17, 2019
After the Korean War ended in 1953, many war refugees and other impoverished people moved to the rapidly developing urban centers and began ...
The Elephant Bird
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 17, 2019
Not too long ago, a gigantic, flightless bird roamed the island of Madagascar. It stood nearly 10 feet tall and weighed 700 kg. For centur...
Haystacks of Rishikesh
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 12, 2019
Haystacks are often constructed around a central pole, or a tree. Bales of hay are loosely arranged around the central structure to prevent ...
