Pop-up Sandcastle Hotels Open in the Netherlands
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 15, 2015
You may have heard about those temporary ice hotels that Sweden, Norway and some of those near-Arctic-circle countries put up during the win...
The Mysterious Desert Kites
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 14, 2015
In the 1920s, pilots of the Royal Air Force flying over the deserts of Israel, Jordan and Egypt saw strange line shapes in the ground that t...
Crown Shyness: When Trees Don't Like to Touch Each Other
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 14, 2015
Crown shyness or canopy disengagement is a phenomenon observed in some tree species in which the crowns of neighboring trees of similar heig...
The Manpupuner Rock Formations
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 12, 2015
The Manpupuner rock formations are a set of 7 gigantic stone pillars located on a flat plateau, west of the Ural mountains in the Troitsko-P...
The Tear Drop Memorial: The Forgotten Monument to The Victims of 9/11
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 12, 2015
“We will never forget”, is the phrase that has been famously repeated over and over again since the devastating attack on New York City on S...
The Hammetschwand Lift: Europe’s Tallest Outdoor Elevator
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 11, 2015
The lookout point at the summit of Switzerland’s famous mountain Bürgenstock offers stunning panoramic views of the Alps, Lake Lucerne, and ...
The Thornborough Henges
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 11, 2015
The Thornborough Henges is one of the most important pre-historic site in Britain, yet scarcely visited by tourists. It’s an earthwork compl...
The Mississippi River Basin Model
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 10, 2015
After decades of devastating flood in the Mississippi River Basin, Congress passed the Flood Control Act of 1928 which called for immediate ...
Nebra Sky Disk: The World’s Oldest Star Map
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 9, 2015
In 1999, three grave robbers were combing through a forest near Nebra, about 180 km south-west of Berlin, Germany, using metal detectors whe...
The Chullpas of Sillustani
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2015
Sillustani is located 34 km northwest of the city of Puno, on the shore of beautiful Umayo Lagoon, in Peru. It is one of the many sites in t...
