Árbol de la Noche Victoriosa, Mexico City
Kaushik Patowary
May 21, 2024
In the Popotla neighborhood of Mexico City, there is an ancient cypress tree called Árbol de la Noche Victoriosa (Tree of the Victorious Nig...
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The Radiological Incident in Ciudad Juárez
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 5, 2023
One of the worst radiation accident in North America took place in the city of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in 1984. Although the incident is rela...
Tzompantli: The Gruesome Skull Racks of The Aztecs
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 25, 2021
When Spanish explorers first arrived in Mexico in the early 16th century and made contact with the Aztecs, they were taken aback by the cult...
Hells Bells
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2021
Deep down El Zapote cenote, a 50-meter-deep water-filled sinkhole in Quintana Roo, Mexico, on the Yucatan Peninsula, stalactites take a diff...
The Cactus That Crawls Across The Desert
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 12, 2019
The narrow peninsula of Baja California Sur, sticking into the central Pacific off Mexico’s west coast, is home to a unique species of cactu...
The Festival of Exploding Sledgehammers
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 1, 2017
Every February, residents of the tiny town of San Juan de la Vega in Mexico perform the re-enactment of a four hundred year-old battle that ...
La Pascualita, The Corpse Bride
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 16, 2017
Peering out from behind the glass window of a small bridal shop in Chihuahua, Mexico, stands a tall, slender figure dressed in bridal costum...
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...
Cuexcomate: A Dead Volcano You Can Climb Into
Kaushik Patowary
May 26, 2016
Located in the neighborhood of La Libertad, in the city of Puebla, Mexico, the sinter cone deposit of Cuexcomate has been mistakenly describ...
The Murals of National Autonomous University of Mexico
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 14, 2016
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), located in downtown Mexico, is the largest university in Latin America, and one of the ...
El Callejon del Beso, The Alley of The Kiss
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 10, 2016
The charming city of Guanajuato in central Mexico has many narrow streets and alleys, but El Callejon del Beso is by far one of the narrowes...
World’s Most Beautiful And Outstanding Piers
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 20, 2016
Piers were originally built for the purpose of getting people and cargo from the boat to the shore without getting their feet wet, before th...
Progreso Pier, The World’s Longest
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 6, 2015
The port city of Progreso, in the Mexican state of Yucatán, boasts of the longest pier in the world. Built with reinforced concrete, the pie...
Crested Saguaro Cactus
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 24, 2015
The giant saguaro cactus is a universal symbol of the American west. These plants are native to only a small region of southern Arizona, the...
A Hidden Beach in Marieta Islands Formed by Military Bombing
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 21, 2015
Marieta Islands are a group of small uninhabited islands a few miles off the coast of Nayarit, in Mexico. Ever since the islands was labelle...
The Cave Pearls of Gruta de las Canicas
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 16, 2015
Cave pearls are small, spherical calcite formations the size of marbles that are formed by the concentric deposition of calcium salts around...
The Tree of Tule
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 3, 2015
El Árbol del Tule, Spanish for “The Tree of Tule”, is a mighty Montezuma cypress located in the town center of Santa María del Tule in the M...
Mexican Venice: The Island of Mexcaltitán
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 13, 2014
Mexcalitán is a small village on an island located in one of the lakes in the estuaries north of San Blas, in the municipality of Santiago I...
The Island of Janitzio
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2014
Isla de Janitzio is one of the five islands of Lake Pátzcuaro in the state of Michoacán, in Mexico. The picturesque island is popular among ...
Paricutin, The Volcano That Grew Out Of A Cornfield
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 20, 2014
Rarely do volcanologist get to watch the birth, growth, and death of a volcano. Paricutin provided such an opportunity. Paricutin is a cinde...
