Gliwice Radio Station, Where World War 2 Began
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 1, 2018
On the evening of August 31, 1939, as the last rays of the setting sun lingered on the top of the giant wooden mast towering over the then G...
The Bächle of Freiburg: The Mediaeval Gutters That Became Recreational Hotspots
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 29, 2018
The German city of Freiburg in the edge of Black Forest has a curious attraction—little streams of clear water flowing through the city in o...
Smith Mansion: The House That Killed its Builder
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 28, 2018
For over thirty years a five story rickety wooden structure with long undulating staircases and haphazardly protruding balconies have been s...
Thailand’s Aircraft-Less Aircraft Carrier
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 27, 2018
The aircraft carrier is the ultimate symbol of military strength. Enormously large and with a full fleet of combat aircrafts on its deck, th...
The World’s Largest Waterfalls Are Underwater
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 27, 2018
Victoria Falls in southern Africa is often regarded as the world’s largest waterfalls. “Regarded”, because there is no standard method to me...
How War Marooned 15 Ships in The Suez Canal For Eight Years
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 25, 2018
The Arabs and the Jews have never got along. Since the rise of Zionism and Arab nationalism towards the end of the 19th century, the two gro...
Northern Cyprus’s Giant Mountain Flag
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 24, 2018
From any high point in Nicosia, the capital and the largest city on the island of Cyprus, one can see a giant flag of Turkey-occupied Northe...
The Landlocked Navy of Mongolia
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 21, 2018
Many landlocked countries with no access to the open ocean maintain navies, which might seem odd at first. But once you realize that aside f...
Null Island: The Fictional Place Created by Digital Mapping Error
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 20, 2018
A few hundred miles off the west coast of Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea, a lonely weather buoy bobs up and down the ocean waves. Code named...
The Collyer Brothers: History’s Worst Hoarders
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 19, 2018
In the heart of Harlem, in New York City, at the northwest corner of 128th Street and 5th Avenue, lies a small rectangular lot. A sign from ...
