NASA's Abandoned Launch Sites
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 15, 2015
The Mercury, Gemini and the Apollo Missions of the late 1950s and 60s still remain one of NASA’s greatest achievements — one that enabled hu...
Hole N' The Rock, Utah
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 15, 2015
Some dads build their kids tree houses, but in the treeless desert of southeastern Utah, Albert Christensen’s only possible alternative was ...
What Happens When The Grid Meets The Curvature of The Earth?
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 14, 2015
In the late 18th century, when American land surveyors were laying down the grid system —the network of perpendicularly intersecting streets...
The Mysterious Stone Columns Along Crowley Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 14, 2015
After California’s Crowley Lake reservoir on the upper Owens River in southern Mono County was completed in 1941, strange column-like format...
The Smoked Corpses of Aseki, Papua New Guinea
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 11, 2015
We tend to associate mummies with ancient Egypt, but a lot of culture around the world practiced mummification. The Anga tribe of the Aseki ...
Wuzhen: The Ancient Chinese Water Town
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 11, 2015
Located in the center of the six ancient water towns south of Yangtze River, in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, Wuzhen is the most beautif...
Dig for Crystals at Oklahoma's Great Salt Plains
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 10, 2015
The Great Salt Plains in Alfalfa County, in northwestern Oklahoma, the United States, is the only place in the world where hourglass-shaped ...
The World’s Largest Pipe Organ at Boardwalk Hall
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 10, 2015
The historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is the city’s most important convention center. All big events in Atlantic City ar...
20 Most Beautiful Observation Towers
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 9, 2015
Observation Tower in Jurmala, Latvia “The Observation Tower in Jurmala” is located within the Dzintaru Park in Jurmala, Latvia. The 38-mete...
The Accidental Bombing of Boise City
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 8, 2015
The United States Army has its fair share of embarrassments, like losing nuclear bombs and accidentally dropping one on the backyard of a So...
