Every city has a character of its own vis-a-vis its historical monuments, art, culture and tradition. Kolkata has always been referred to as a Raj-era phenomenon, for the fact that this city used to be the capital of the erstwhile British East India Company. The unmistakable Raj-era hangover is still very much there.
But great cities have that magical ability to gradually evolve with changing times. Kolkata too has evolved as one of India's biggest metropolitan cities and in course of its evolutionary process, this astonishing city has given birth to some unusual tourist attractions, both natural and manmade or artificial.
As a matter of fact, the unusual Kolkata Special attractions do not come into the limelight as the more established tourism landmarks do, thanks to the wide media coverage that are provided to the latter ones. | 
