Supai: An Isolated Indian Village Inside the Grand Canyon
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 30, 2015
Despite being one of the most visited places in the United States, the Grand Canyon area in Arizona, still holds secrets. One of these is th...
Showing posts from March, 2015
Gravity Train as Energy Storage
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 30, 2015
Energy grids running on renewable energy sources need storage. The most common way to store energy on a grid scale is through “pumped” hydro...
John Bramblitt, The Blind Painter
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 29, 2015
These bright and colorful paintings were made by American artist John Bramblitt who lost his eye sight at the age of 30 as a result of compl...
Hiljainen Kansa: The Silent People of Suomussalmi, Finland
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 28, 2015
Motorists driving along Highway 5, about 30 km north of the small town of Suomussalmi, in north-eastern Finland, are greeted by a peculiar s...
Ämari Air Force Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 28, 2015
The Ämari Air Force Cemetery is located in the small borough of Ämari, in Harju County, in northern Estonia, near the Ämari Air Base. The ce...
Felicity, California: The Center of The World
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 27, 2015
Does the word “world” represent the earth in its spherical sense, or the surface of the sphere where all living and non-living entities live...
Laerdal Tunnel: The World’s Longest Road Tunnel
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 25, 2015
In Norway, it’s practically impossible to drive from one place to another without making a mountain crossing or riding on a ferry across a f...
A Town Named ‘Zzyzx’ in California
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 24, 2015
About half way between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, as you drive along Interstate 15 through the lonely Mojave Desert, you’ll come across an u...
The Boy And His Leaking Boot
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 23, 2015
The Boy with the Leaking Boot is a recurring theme of statues that appear throughout the United States. The life-sized statue, often about 4...
Ancient Tsunami Warnings Carved in Stones in Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 23, 2015
"High dwellings are the peace and harmony of our descendants. Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below...
The Great Wall of Kumbhalgarh Fort
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2015
Located 84 km north of Udaipur, in the state of Rajasthan, in western India, Kumbhalgarh Fort is the second most important citadel after Chi...
Massive Outdoor Escalator in Comuna 13, Medellin
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2015
The neighborhood of Comuna 13, located on the periphery of Medellin, the second-largest city in Colombia, is one of the poorest section of t...
Shot Towers: The Buildings That Revolutionized Ammunition Manufacturing
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 20, 2015
Ever since the invention of firearms sometime around the thirteenth century, ammunition makers struggled to make lead shots that were perfec...
Archstoyanie: Russia's Largest Land Art Festival
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 19, 2015
Every year, thousands of people flock to the small Russian village of Nikola-Lenivets, about 200 kilometers southwest of Moscow on the banks...
The Extraterrestrial Highway, Nevada
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 18, 2015
Deep in Nevada desert, runs a lonely stretch of highway from State Route 318 at Crystal Springs to U.S. Route 6 at Warm Springs. This is Nev...
The Titanic Museum in Branson
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 17, 2015
The Titanic Museum at Branson, Missouri, is a two story museum dedicated to the doomed ship, shaped like the RMS Titanic itself. The museum ...
Sky Bike at Mashpi Lodge in Quito, Ecuador
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 17, 2015
Tucked away amongst the cloud forest in the protected 3,212-acre Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, about three hours northwest of Quit...
Zona del Silencio: The Urban Legend of The Zone of Silence
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 16, 2015
Deep in the desert in northern Mexico, between the states of Durango, Chihuahua and Coahuila, is an area known as zona del silencio or the ...
Eenmaal: The Restaurant For Single Diners
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 16, 2015
Dining by yourself in public can be an awkward experience, but not if you are at Eenmaal . This Dutch restaurant, named after the Dutch word...
History’s Most Iconic Photos Recreated in Miniature
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 16, 2015
Shortly after Andreas Gursky's landscape photograph, Rhein II, sold off at an outrageous $4.3 million at an auction, two Switzerland-bas...
The Horseshoe Shaped Asbyrgi Canyon
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 14, 2015
Located in the north of Iceland, at a distance of about 65 km from the harbor town of Husavik, within Vatnajökull National Park, lies an eno...
Aerial View of Hang Son Doong: The world's largest cave
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 14, 2015
Hang Son Doong is a cave in Vietnam, located near the Laos–Vietnam border, that is currently the biggest known cave in the world. Inside is ...
The Gorge of Mont-Rebei
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 13, 2015
Congost de Mont-Rebei or the Gorge of Mont-Rebei is a beautiful gorge created by the river Noguera Ribagorçana as it cuts through the ‘Sierr...
3D Art Exhibition Allows Blind People to ‘See' Masterpieces by Touching Them
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 11, 2015
The Prado Museum in Madrid has open up a new exhibition called “Touch The Prado” that invites blind and partially sighted people to touch an...
The San Andreas Fault of California
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 11, 2015
A new disaster movie called “ San Andreas ”, from Warner Bros., is coming up on May this year, featuring “The Rock” Dwayne Johnson who plays...
The Lotus Building in Wujin, China
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 10, 2015
Blooming out of an artificial lake at the center of Wujin, in China, is “The Lotus Building” designed and built by Australian architecture f...
Eshima Ohashi Bridge in Matsue, Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 10, 2015
The Eshima Ohashi Bridge is a two-lane concrete road bridge that links the city of Matsue in Shimane Prefecture to Sakaiminato in Tottori Pr...
Tobbe Malm’s Bolt Sculptures
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 9, 2015
These unusually emotive sculptures were created by Oslo-based blacksmith and photographer Tobbe Malm . Malm found the bolts in an old farm i...
A Grave in the Middle of the Road
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 9, 2015
In the middle of East County Road 400 South, near Amity, in the state of Indiana, in the U.S., is a small mound of earth that splits the asp...
Chariot Tracks on The Streets of Pompeii
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 9, 2015
The ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, is located near modern Naple...
Photos Taken 100 Years Apart Show How Glaciers Are Disappearing
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 7, 2015
We are currently living in an interglacial period, a relatively warm period of time during an ice age, which will last several thousands of ...
The Concrete Block of Human Teeth in Elkhart
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 6, 2015
At the street corner created by the intersection of Riverside Drive and Lexington Avenue in the city of Elkhart, in Indiana, United States, ...
Art in Island: An Interactive 3D Art Museum In Philippines
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 6, 2015
While museums around the world strictly disallow photography, this one in particular not only allow touching of exhibits and photography, th...
Takhini Hot Springs' Hair Freezing Contest
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 5, 2015
Takhini Hot Springs is a natural hot springs located just outside the border of Whitehorse, in Yukon, Canada. Known and used for centuries b...
Figurative Wood Sculptures by Peter Demetz
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 5, 2015
Italian artist Peter Demetz carves realistic human figures out of wood scaled down to less than two-feet, although some of his bigger sculp...
Stunning Ice Formations on Lake Superior Ice Cave
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2015
On the shores of Lake Superior on Bayfield Peninsula, in Wisconsin, the United States, is a popular winter attraction - the Bayfield Ice Cav...
Navid Baraty’s Fictional Space Photos Are Just Food on a Scanner
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2015
New York based photographer Navid Baraty (previously featured for his stunning photos of New York City Intersection ) who works for high pro...
The Street Corner That Changed The World
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2015
In the capital city of Sarajevo, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, on a street corner just across Latin Bridge, hangs a big purple banner that proclaim...
The Peculiar Burial Rites of Tana Toraja
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 3, 2015
The picturesque mountainous region of South Sulawesi, in Indonesia, is home to an ethnic group called the Toraja. A large number of its memb...
The Penguin Population That Thrives on Falklands’ Minefields
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 2, 2015
The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean about 300 miles east of South America's southern Patagonian coast. T...
