Chinese Magic Mirrors
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 11, 2020
For over a thousand years, a rare type of Chinese artifact has been baffling researchers. It’s a polished bronze mirror with a pattern cast ...
Burnley Embankment
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 11, 2020
Regarded as one of the “Seven Wonders of British Waterways”, the Burnley Embankment, locally known as “The Straight Mile”, is an impressive ...
The Train of The End of The World
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 10, 2020
At the southernmost tip of South America, beyond the Andes, lies the beautiful and colorful city of Ushuaia, regarded by some as the souther...
The Post Offices of Love and Romance
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 9, 2020
The town of Bridal Veil, located in Multnomah County, Oregon, the United States, a little distance from the Bridal Veil waterfalls, remains ...
Anthropology Days: The Racist Olympic Event of 1904
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2020
Starting from the late 19th century through the early 20th, human exhibitions were a routine part of circuses, traveling shows, and major ex...
The Balmoral Pyramid
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 7, 2020
Hidden among the trees in the woods surrounding the Balmoral Castle in Royal Deeside, Scotland, are eleven stone cairns erected by Queen Vic...
Vinkensport: Belgium’s Competitive Bird Calling
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 4, 2020
In the Flanders region of Belgium, a favorite pastime among the old Dutch-speaking folks is raising and training the common chaffinch ( Frin...
Gallaudet Eleven: The Deaf ‘Astronauts’
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 3, 2020
In the late 1950s, when NASA was still a young organization, one of the biggest challenges for them was to determine whether human spaceflig...
Turlough: Ireland’s Disappearing Lakes
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 2, 2020
Many lakes whose existence depends wholly on rainwater runoffs are seasonal. The phenomenon is not particularly mysterious—the lake forms wh...
The Erfurt Latrine Disaster
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2020
Deaths are always unfortunate and even more so if they occur as a result of an accident. But sometimes there are incidents that have particu...
