Posthumous Execution
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 10, 2018
The execution of Oliver Cromwell, Henry Ireton and John Bradshaw in 1661, from a contemporary engraving. Oliver Cromwell, the 1st ruler of...
China’s Ready-Made Urban Forests
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 8, 2018
Since the past few years, the Chinese government has been planting thousands of trees in cities across the country hoping to create an urban...
The EIRE Signs of World War 2
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 8, 2018
The recent heat wave in the UK has revealed more than ancient henges . Over at Bray Head, on the Irish coast, a short distance away from Du...
What Mathematics Has to Do With The Seven Bridges of Königsberg
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 7, 2018
Wedged between Poland and Lithuania, along the Baltic Coast, is a piece of Russia located 200 miles away from the Russian border. The Kalini...
The Grave of Florence Irene Ford
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 6, 2018
The Natchez City Cemetery in Adams County, Mississippi, is home to several unusual tombstones. There is one called the “Turning Angel”, whic...
The Underground Rivers of London
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 6, 2018
Where London is situated today was once the floodplains of the river Thames, surrounded by gently rolling hills and valleys carved by the ri...
Palace of Shaki Khans
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 4, 2018
The city of Shaki in northern Azerbaijan is situated more than 300 km from Baku—too far away for most tourists to make the trip, but is home...
Mount Sunflower: The Tallest Peak With The Easiest Climb
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 2, 2018
Situated at a formidable height of 4,039 feet above sea level, the lofty summit of Mount Sunflower is the highest point in the state of Kans...
The Bamboo Bridge of Kampong Cham That is Built And Dismantled Every Year
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 2, 2018
Across the turbid waters of the Mekong River, in eastern Cambodia, runs a long rickety bamboo bridge connecting the river island of Koh Pen,...
Canary Girls: The World War One Women Who Turned Yellow
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 1, 2018
Munition workers in a shell warehouse at National Shell Filling Factory No.6, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire in 1917. Photo credit: Imperial War...
