Monte Kaolino, An Artificial Sand Hill Popular For Sand Skiing
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 21, 2015
Monte Kaolino is a 120-meters tall sand dune located in the outskirts of the city of Hirschau, in southeast Germany. It consists of approxim...
Alaska’s Giant Vegetables
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 21, 2015
The Alaska State Fair held annually in Palmer, 42 miles northeast of Anchorage, is not your regular agricultural show. Here farmers from the...
Prague’s Narrowest Street is So Narrow it Has Traffic Lights For Pedestrians
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2015
In the heart of Prague’s oldest neighborhood, the historic Mala Strana or “Little Quarter”, there is a street so narrow that it’s impossible...
Warm Blooded Plants
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2015
Between late February and May, in woodlands and wetlands throughout eastern Canada and the northeast United States, you’ll find a low growin...
The Tree of Life in Kalaloch, Washington
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2015
There is an extraordinary tree in Kalaloch beach, within Olympic National Park in Washington, that some people call “the tree of life” becau...
Eisinga Planetarium: The World’s Oldest Working Planetarium
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 19, 2015
The world’s oldest working planetarium is located in the living room of a small, two-story house in the city of Franeker, in the Netherlands...
Unexploded Bombs Find Everyday Use in Laos’ Villages
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 19, 2015
The Vietnam War ended 40 years ago, but left a deadly legacy, especially in Laos. The US military dropped more than 2 million tons of bombs ...
Randy Hage’s Miniature Models of New York City Storefronts
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 18, 2015
Randy Hage has been visiting New York twice a year since the late 90s, but he is not attracted by the city’s iconic buildings and tourist a...
Paris Plages: The Artificial Beaches of Paris
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 17, 2015
Every year since 2002, a section of the pedestrian bank along the river Seine, in the center of Paris, is transformed into a beach, in a pop...
The Granite Dells of Prescott, Arizona
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 17, 2015
Located outside the city of Prescott in the US state of Arizona, is a unique geological formation called Granite Dells, consisting of massiv...
