Winter in Riisitunturi National Park
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 28, 2014
Riisitunturi National Park is situated in the southern part of Finnish Lapland near Posio, in Finland. The park covers an area of 77 square ...
Showing posts from November, 2014
The Long and Lonely Eyre Highway: Australia’s Longest Straight Road
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 27, 2014
Imagine a drive, a thousand miles long with no turns or bends, across a vast featureless plain with repetitive landscape, and hundreds of ki...
Széchenyi Thermal Bath in Budapest
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 27, 2014
The Széchenyi Thermal Bath is the largest medicinal bath and one of the largest public baths in Europe, located in the northern end of City ...
Bill Fink Creates Photorealistic Images Out of Literally Anything
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 26, 2014
Artist and photographer Bill Fink is the mastermind behind “ Time and Matter Photography ”, an art form that involves producing photorealist...
World Toilet Day: Toilets Around The World
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 26, 2014
Pooping may be a subject of potty humor in the West, but for millions of people in underdeveloped countries around the world, sanitation is ...
Damien Hirst Builds Cityscapes From Surgical Tools
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 26, 2014
What at first appears to be black and white aerial images of cities are actually recreations by renowned British artist Damien Hirst using v...
Ifrane, The Switzerland of Morocco
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 25, 2014
If the name Morocco conjures up images of a place with narrow, maze like streets lined with old earth-colored buildings, you are not alone. ...
The Trans-Amazonian Highway: An Ecological Disaster
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 24, 2014
The Trans-Amazonian highway is a 5,000 kilometre road which cuts across the heart of the Amazon forest, spanning Brazil from the coastal cit...
Hay-on-Wye: The Town of Books
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 24, 2014
Hay-on-Wye is a small market town and community on the banks of the river Wye in Powys, Wales, adjacent to the English border. Often describ...
Survival Condo Project: A Luxurious Underground Doomsday Bunker
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 22, 2014
The Survival Condo Project is a luxury condo complex housed in a former underground missile silo near Concordia, in Kansas, in the US. Locat...
The Stone Towers Of Svaneti, Georgia
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 22, 2014
The ancient province of Svaneti in Georgia, is located on the southern slopes of the Caucasus mountain range, on the north-western part of t...
The Pigeon Towers of Iran
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 21, 2014
During the 16th and 17th century, particularly around the time of the Safavid reign, the Iranian folks built a large number of towers to hou...
The Historical Village of Abyaneh
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 20, 2014
When the Arabs invaded Persia in the 7th century, some followers of the Zoroastrian religion fled to the surrounding mountains and deserts t...
Laguna Colorada: The Red Lagoon of Bolivia
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 19, 2014
Laguna Colorada, or the Red Lagoon, is a shallow salt lake located at an altitude of 14,000 feet in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivi...
Kungur Ice Cave
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 18, 2014
Kungur Ice Cave is a karst cave located in the Urals, near the town Kungur in Perm Krai, Russia, on the banks of the Sylva River. With a len...
The Sardine Run, South Africa
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 17, 2014
Every year, between the months of May and July, massive schools of sardines travel north from the cold southern oceans off South Africa'...
Sultan The Pit Pony
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 17, 2014
Sultan the Pit Pony is a massive 200 metre raised-earth sculpture in Caerphilly, in South Wales. The sculpture is affectionately named “Sult...
The Red Chalk Cliffs of Hunstanton
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 15, 2014
Hunstanton is a small seaside town on the northwest coast of Norfolk, in England, and home to one of the few west-facing beaches on the east...
The Wave Swept Lighthouses of Brittany, France
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2014
The province of Brittany, in North-western part of France, forms a large peninsula that stretches towards the Atlantic Ocean bordered by the...
Mayon Volcano: The Volcano With The Perfect Cone
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 13, 2014
Mount Mayon, also known as the Mayon Volcano, is an active stratovolcano on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, renowned for its almost ...
Mexican Venice: The Island of Mexcaltitán
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 13, 2014
Mexcalitán is a small village on an island located in one of the lakes in the estuaries north of San Blas, in the municipality of Santiago I...
The Rock Pillars Of Krasnoyarsk Stolby Nature Reserve
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 12, 2014
Krasnoyarsk Stolby Nature Reserve is located on the southern bank of the Yenisei River, bordering the city of Krasnoyarsk, in Russia. The ma...
Twin-Heart Fish Trap in Penghu
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 11, 2014
Fish traps or weirs are one of the oldest methods developed for catching fish. These were usually built of stones or wooden posts and utiliz...
Manjanggul Lava Tube Cave in Jeju Island
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 10, 2014
The volcanic island of Jeju, located 130 kilometers from the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula, has an extensive system of lava tubes. ...
Bibi Ka Maqbara: The Other Taj Mahal
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 10, 2014
Do you know that India has not one but two Taj Mahals? Indeed, there is a monument identical to the Taj that stands in Aurangabad in Maharas...
The Crumbling Hilltop Town of Civita di Bagnoregio
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 10, 2014
Civita di Bagnoregio is a small Italian hill town in the province of Viterbo, in central Italy. The town is located atop a pinnacle rising h...
Ksar Ouled Soltane, A Fortified Granary
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 6, 2014
Located about 20 km south of the city of Tataouine, in southern Tunisia, Ksar Ouled Soltane is an attractive and well-preserved fortified gr...
The Windmills of Kinderdijk
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2014
The village of Kinderdijk is located in the Netherlands, about 15 km east of Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is situated in a region called the Alblas...
The Island of Janitzio
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2014
Isla de Janitzio is one of the five islands of Lake Pátzcuaro in the state of Michoacán, in Mexico. The picturesque island is popular among ...
Castellfollit de la Roca, The Hanging Town
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2014
Castellfollit de la Roca is one of the most picturesque villages in the autonomous community of Catalonia, in Spain. The village is situated...
Jumbo Hostel: Stockholm’s Airplane Hotel
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2014
On a disused runway at Arlanda Airport near Stockholm, in Sweden stands a decommissioned 747-200 jetliner. After having served numerous airl...
Tourlitis Lighthouse, Greece
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2014
The charming little Tourlitis Lighthouse is perched on the islet of Tourlitis, a chunk of rock opposite the harbor at Chora, on Andros islan...
Rani Ki Vav, The Queen's Stepwell in India
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2014
Rani Ki Vav is an 11th-century-stepwell situated in the town of Patan in Gujarat, India, on the banks of the Saraswati River. The stepwell i...
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 1, 2014
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks is a unique group of rock formations located in the foothills of the Jemez Mountains, north-central New Mexico, U.S....
