A-maze-ing Laughter in Vancouver
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2015
A-maze-ing Laughter is a collection of 14 enormous bronze statues depicting a shirtless guy laughing hysterically. It was installed in 2009 ...
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Dampfmaschinenhaus: A Mosque Shaped Pump House in Potsdam
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2015
The Dampfmaschinenhaus at the Neustädter Havelbucht in Potsdam, Germany, looks like a Turkish mosque but is actually a pumping station in di...
Trees That Grow Into Furniture
Kaushik Patowary
May 29, 2015
A UK-based furniture company called Full Grown , started by furniture designer Gavin Munro, doesn’t take wood and make them into furniture. ...
The Hand of Punta del Este
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2015
The Hand of Punta del Este, or Mano de Punta del Este , is a sculpture of a hand partially emerging from sand and located at Brava Beach in ...
Catching Salmons With Fish Wheels
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2015
A fish wheel is a water-powered device used for catching fish, particularly adult salmon, and consist of a revolving wheel with baskets and ...
Potash Evaporation Ponds in Utah
Kaushik Patowary
May 27, 2015
These electric blue shapes in the brown desert are potash evaporation ponds managed by Intrepid Potash, Inc., the United States’ largest pro...
Nilometer: Ancient Structures Used to Measure the Level of River Nile
Kaushik Patowary
May 26, 2015
Every year the river Nile begins to rise in the summer, the water overflows its banks and deposits slit on the surrounding floodplain. It is...
The Cardrona Bra Fence
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2015
The Cardrona Bra Fence of Central Otago, New Zealand, began in 1999 some time between Christmas and New Year, when four women's bras wer...
Clootie Wells: The Celtic Wishing Trees
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2015
The tradition of making offerings at wishing trees and wells dates back hundreds of years, and can be found all over the world in different ...
The Beautiful Uummannaq Island, Greenland
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2015
Uummannaq is a picturesque island and town in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located 590 kilometers north of the Ar...
A Glue-less Paper Bridge That You Can Walk Over
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2015
British artist Steve Messam has installed a bright red, weight-bearing arch bridge across a stream in the rural Lake District National Park...
Monte Testaccio: The 2,000-year-old Garbage Dump in Rome
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2015
On the outskirts of Rome, near the Horrea Galbae, a short distance away from the east bank of the River Tiber, lies an enormous mound overgr...
Mill Ends Park: World’s Smallest Park
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2015
Mill Ends Park in Portland, the United States, is only two feet in diameter and is really just a flower pot, but don’t say that aloud, espec...
The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2015
On the third floor of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the state of Maryland, in Baltimore, the United States, the chief medical...
Spiders Rain Down on Australian Town
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2015
While raining cats and dogs is only a metaphor, raining spiders is a reality in Australia. The latest arachnid shower took place last week i...
Ducks Get Their Own Lane in Britain
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2015
Ducks and ducklings can appear in the most unlikely places, such as in the middle of a busy street walking single-file or nesting under balc...
Photographing Cruise Ships From Above by Jeffrey Milstein
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2015
Modern cruise ships look gigantic enough from the shore, but their true scale is only revealed when viewed from above. New York-based photog...
White Sands Desert, New Mexico
Kaushik Patowary
May 19, 2015
About 26 km southwest of Alamogordo and just south of the White Sands Missile Range , in the state of New Mexico, the United States, is an i...
The Wall of Tears, Galapagos Islands
Kaushik Patowary
May 19, 2015
The Galápagos Islands are best known for their diverse flora and fauna. The islands were made famous by Charles Darwin whose keen observatio...
Yukitsuri: The Japanese Snow Suspenders
Kaushik Patowary
May 18, 2015
During the winter months, many Japanese gardens sprout strange conical structures that rise above the trees like a crown. They are called Yu...
Meikleour Beech Hedges: World’s Largest Hedge
Kaushik Patowary
May 18, 2015
The Meikleour Beech Hedge is located right besides A93 Perth-Blairgowrie road, about 18 km north of Perth and 6 km south of Blairgowrie, in ...
The Mystery of Puma Punku’s Precise Stonework
Kaushik Patowary
May 16, 2015
Puma punku is the name of a large temple complex located near Tiwanaku, in Bolivia, and is part of a larger archaeological site known as Tia...
The Stunning Secret of Politehnica Metro Station, Bucharest
Kaushik Patowary
May 15, 2015
The Politehnica metro station in Romania’s capital city of Bucharest, near the Politehnica University of Bucharest, sees relatively little t...
The Great Wall of Gorgan
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2015
The Great Wall of Gorgan is a series of ancient defensive fortifications located near Gorgan in the Golestān Province of northeastern Iran, ...
The Dark Humor of Sapanta’s Merry Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2015
Making jokes about dead people is considered disrespectful and traditionally frowned upon, but not in the small Romanian town of Sapanta. Th...
Georgia Guidestones: The Doomsday Monument
Kaushik Patowary
May 13, 2015
The Georgia Guidestones is one of America’s strangest monument located on the highest hilltop in Elbert County, Georgia. It consist of four ...
Tree Climbing Goats of Morocco
Kaushik Patowary
May 13, 2015
In southwest Morocco, you might actually be forgiven for asking daft questions like “do goats grow on trees?”. Everywhere you look, you will...
Realistic Animal-Shaped Candies by Shinri Tezuka
Kaushik Patowary
May 13, 2015
Japanese candy maker Shinri Tezuka makes absolutely amazing lollipops and candies-on-stick that look like real, live animals. The candies a...
Hell’s Revenge and The Lion's Back
Kaushik Patowary
May 12, 2015
Located in the heart of the Colorado Plateau, in Utah, in the western United States, between scenic red rock cliffs of Arches National Park ...
The Earthquake House of Comrie
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2015
The United Kingdom is not generally associated with earthquakes, however, these islands are still rocked by a few hundred jolts a year, alth...
Ave Maria Grotto in Cullman
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2015
The Ave Maria Grotto in Cullman, in the state of Alabama, the United States, is home to a unique collection of miniature replicas of some of...
Ponte Vecchio: A Medieval Bridge of Shops
Kaushik Patowary
May 9, 2015
Many centuries ago, bridges served many purposes. Aside from getting you over water, it was common for medieval bridges to have chapels and ...
Stadtlounge: An Open Air Public Lounge in St. Gallens
Kaushik Patowary
May 8, 2015
Located in the center of St. Gallen’s financial hub of Bleicheli, in Switzerland, is an outdoor space that looks more like the interior of a...
Kalta Minor Minaret of Khiva, Uzbekistan
Kaushik Patowary
May 8, 2015
Kalta Minor is an iconic symbol of the city of Khiva in Uzbekistan. This short yet stout stump of a minaret is located in front of the façad...
Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse’s No-Tie Policy
Kaushik Patowary
May 7, 2015
The Pinnacle Peak Patio Steakhouse & Microbrewery is a restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona, the United States, known for its delicious ste...
The Angel of The North
Kaushik Patowary
May 6, 2015
The Angel of the North is a steel sculpture of an angel with outstretched wings that stand 20 meters tall on top of a hill in Tyneside, outs...
Panathenaic Stadium: The Birthplace of Modern Olympics
Kaushik Patowary
May 6, 2015
The first modern Olympic Games was held in the summer of 1896 in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, that saw the participation of 241 athlet...
Towns of Twins
Kaushik Patowary
May 6, 2015
The University of Texas estimates that 32 out of every 1,000 people in this world are a twin or 16 pairs in 1,000, which translates to 3 pe...
The Mysterious Lakes of Badain Jaran Desert
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2015
The Badain Jaran Desert occupies parts of China and Inner Mongolia covering an area of 49,000 sq. kilometers making it the third largest des...
Kuthodaw Pagoda And The World's Largest Book
Kaushik Patowary
May 4, 2015
Kuthodaw Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa, located at the foot of Mandalay Hill in Mandalay, Burma. It was built during the reign of King Mindon M...
For What It’s Worth: Visualizing Yield of Gold and Diamond Mines
Kaushik Patowary
May 3, 2015
South African photographer Dillon Marsh , continues with his photo project “For What It’s Worth” that attempts to quantify mining by visuali...
The Mud Brick Villages of Wadi Hadramaut and Wadi Dawan
Kaushik Patowary
May 2, 2015
Yemen in a desert country located on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, bordered by the Red Sea and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait in the ...
