The Cannonball Tree
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 21, 2010
The Cannonball Tree (scientific name: Couroupita guianensis) is a spectacular South American tree to be planted in subtropical and tropical ...
World’s First UFO Landing Pad, and the First Landing!
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 21, 2010
St. Paul, Alberta , a small town in east-central Alberta, Canada has the world’s first official UFO Landing Pad which was built in 1967 to c...
Furniture Made from Rusted Soviet Naval Mines
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 19, 2010
Estonian sculptor Mati Karmin creates furniture and other housewares from rusting naval "Blok" mines recovered from an ex-Soviet ...
The Amazing Human Printer
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 19, 2010
The Human Printer , founded by Louise Naunton Morgan, is a group of artists who uses markers to emulate the printing process. The group repr...
New York, Portrait of a City
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 18, 2010
New York, Portrait of a City is a photographic journey through the history of the New York. This book presents the epic story of New York o...
Switzerland Drills the Longest Railway Tunnel in the World
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 17, 2010
The longest railway tunnel in the world was completed on October 15, 2010 in Switzerland when the last two meters of rock were drilled throu...
Jeremy Mayer Builds Robots From Recycled Typewriters
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 17, 2010
American artist Jeremy Mayer was fascinated with typewriters ever since he was a child. His childhood interest has now become an art form c...
Amusing Planet is now on Facebook
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 17, 2010
Here is a small announcement for all those who read and love Amusing Planet – we have a Facebook Fan Page ! At the moment, you can use RSS F...
The Delightful Drawings of Maria Zeldis
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 16, 2010
Not much is known about Maria Zeldis, except that she is Russian and currently lives in Mexico. Her portfolio at DeviantArt is filled with ...
Kansas City Library’s Giant Bookshelf
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 15, 2010
One of the most unusual architecture at Kansas City, has to be the facade of the parking garage for the Central Branch of the public library...
