Ruhr’s Slag Heap Tourism
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 24, 2015
The Ruhr region in North Rhine-Westphalia, is naturally flat but dotted with hundreds of small man-made hills. These impressive elevations a...
The Betel Nut Beauties of Taiwan
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 22, 2015
Scantily clad young women sitting inside brightly-lit glass kiosks with flashing lights and neon signs are a common sight along Taiwan's...
Used Wimbledon Tennis Balls Become Tiny Homes for Mice
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 22, 2015
Every year, an astonishing number of tennis balls are used during the Wimbledon tournament — more than 54,000 . This high figure is due to t...
The Steps of Pittsburgh
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 21, 2015
The city of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, the United States, is located over an unruly terrain of hills, hollows, valleys and three intersecti...
Banksy Opens Satirical Amusement Park ‘Dismaland’ in UK
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 21, 2015
Britain’s most celebrated artist Banksy has opened a new exhibition called ‘ Dismaland ’, which he describes as a “family theme park unsuita...
The Santa Justa Elevator in Lisbon
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 20, 2015
The Santa Justa Elevator, Elevador de Santa Justa in Portuguese, is a historic outdoor elevator located in the civil parish of Santa Justa,...
Keep What You Find at The Crater of Diamonds
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 20, 2015
The Crater of Diamonds in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, the United States, is the world’s only diamond mine open to the public, where by paying a ...
China’s New Motorway is Built Over Water
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 19, 2015
China has opened a new stretch of road that connects Xingshang County to the Zhaojun Bridge in central China’s Hubei province. A 4-km-long s...
One Square Mile of Hope: The Largest Raft of Canoes and Kayaks
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 19, 2015
On September 13, 2014, a total of exactly 3,150 canoes and kayaks converged on Fourth Lake in the town of Inlet, in New York to set a new Gu...
The Folded Rocks of Sideling Hill Road Cut
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 18, 2015
The Sideling Hill is a long, steep, narrow mountain ridge that runs north to south across western Maryland in Washington County, in the Unit...
