La Brea Tar Pits And The Fossils Within
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 30, 2015
The La Brea Tar Pits are a group of tar pits in urban Los Angeles, around which Hancock Park was formed. The pits are one of the world's...
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Glacial Grooves on Kelley's Island
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 29, 2015
Many of the geological features on the surface of this planet has been shaped by ancient glaciers. These gigantic sheets of ice of immense w...
Museé Miniature et Cinéma: The Museum of Miniatures
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 28, 2015
Museé Miniature et Cinéma or “the Miniature and Cinema Museum” is located at 60 Rue Saint-Jean in Lyon, France, housed in a magnificent 16t...
The Eroding Alaskan Village of Shishmaref
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 28, 2015
Shishmaref is a small village of about 600 people located on Sarichef Island in the Chukchi Sea, just north of the Bering Strait and five mi...
The Hidden Town of Monemvasia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 27, 2015
Monemvasia is a Gibraltar-like rocky island off the east coast of the Peloponnese, in Greece, and linked to the mainland by a short causeway...
The Crooked Houses of Lavenham
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 27, 2015
There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat,...
Lake Spirit's Gigantic Tree Trunk Mat
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 26, 2015
The May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, a volcano located in state of Washington, was one of the most destructive events in the histo...
Taiwanese Village Transforms Itself With Cartoon Murals
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 25, 2015
Three sisters have unleashed a new life into the streets of the small Taiwanese village of Huija with a series of colourful murals. The sist...
Eski Kerman, An Ancient Cave City in Crimea
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 24, 2015
Eski Kermen is a medieval town located just 6 km from Mangupa, in the Bakhchisaray region in Crimea. The town is located atop one of the fla...
World’s Highest Speed Limit at Holloman Air Force Base
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 22, 2015
If highway speed limits of 70-80 miles per hour is too slow for you, pay a visit to Holloman Air Force Base in south-central New Mexico, in ...
Gotokuji: The Temple of The Beckoning Cats
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 22, 2015
Many Japanese shops, restaurants and other businesses keep a little cat doll with its paw raised near their entrances. It is a common Japane...
The Great Gorge of the Ruth Glacier
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 21, 2015
The Ruth Glacier, in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska, covers an enormous area in the heart of the central Alas...
Blythe Intaglios: The Nazca Lines of America
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 21, 2015
About 15 miles north of Blythe, just west of U.S. Highway 95 near the Colorado River, are a group of gigantic geoglyphs. There are a total o...
Bioparc Valencia: The Immersive Zoo
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 20, 2015
Bioparc Valencia is a small (25-acre) zoo in Valencia, Spain, with a large collection of African animals. Unlike your average zoo where anim...
The Trailing of the Sheep Festival
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2015
Every year at the end of summer, livestock herders in the state of Idaho, in the US, guide thousands of sheep through hundreds of kilometers...
Shooters Grill: A Gun Themed Restaurant in Colorado
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 17, 2015
Americans love two things: fast food and guns, and you will find both at Shooters Grill, a gun themed restaurant in the U.S. state of Colora...
Abandoned Shopping Mall in Bangkok Turns Into Fish Pond
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 15, 2015
The New World shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, has been lying abandonment and lifeless since 1997, but not quite. The roofless four-store...
The Salmon Fishing Bears of Brooks Falls
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2015
Brooks Falls is a waterfall located on the Brooks River within Katmai National Park and Preserve, in Alaska, and a favorite fishing hole for...
Stunning Night Time Photos of New York City From 7,500 Feet
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2015
Photographer Vincent Laforet captured these absolutely stunning high-altitude photos of New York City at night by hanging himself out of a h...
Soldatenkaffee: A Nazi-Themed Restaurant in Indonesia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 13, 2015
During the days of the World War II, the German soldiers used to frequent a series of cafes called Soldatenkaffee (Soldier's Cafe) in Na...
Green Bank: The Town With No Cell Phones, Wi-Fi or Radio
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 12, 2015
Green Bank, in Pocahontas County in West Virginia, the United States, is possibly one of the quietest residential places on earth. There is ...
Ice fishing in South Korea’s Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice festival
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 12, 2015
Every year in the month of January, over a million people flock to the quiet town of Hwacheon to participate in the Sancheoneo Ice Festival....
Realistic Looking Plastic Food in Japanese Restaurants
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 12, 2015
Restaurants in Japan often display mouth watering food in their windows – sushi, noodles, burgers, soup, and ice cream. But they are not mea...
Chinese Zoo Locks Visitors in Cages, Lets Animals Roam Free
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2015
The Lehe Ledu Wildlife Zoo in Chongqing city, China, is giving people a chance to experience what it feels like to come face to face predato...
NASA’s Exoplanet Travel Posters Dream of Out of The World Vacations
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2015
While interstellar travel is yet to become a reality, NASA seeks to keep our hopes and dreams alive by releasing three gorgeous, print-quali...
Vasa: A 17th Century Warship That Sank, Was Recovered And Now Sits in a Museum
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 10, 2015
In 1628, the Swedish warship Vasa set off on its maiden voyage from Stockholm harbor towards Poland, where a war was raging in the Baltic. B...
A Green School in the Heart of Urban Paris
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2015
A new primary school opened its doors in September 2014, in Boulogne Billancourt, a commune in the western suburbs of Paris. Topped with a l...
World’s Biggest Tire Graveyard in Sulabiya, Kuwait
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2015
An average automobile tire can travel around 30,000 kilometers before they need to be replaced. Tires that have reached the end of their li...
Pebble Beaches Around The World
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 8, 2015
Beaches usually mean sand, but not always. There are beaches made of sea shells , broken glasses pounded smooth by the surf and pebbles. Wh...
The 1,000 Year Old ‘Agate House’ Made of Petrified Wood
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2015
Petrified wood is the fossilized remains of trees and other vegetation where the organic materials have been completely replaced with minera...
Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2015
This unassuming slanted roof, house-like structure at the foot of the mountain may appear like a private residence or perhaps a garage, but ...
The Kindred Spirit Mailbox on Bird Island
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 6, 2015
Bird Island is located at the south-western tip of North Carolina, in USA, adjacent to the coastal resort town of Sunset Beach. On this 1,30...
Waterwheel Falls in Yosemite National Park
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 5, 2015
The Tuolumne River is located in the state of California, in the United States, where it rises in central Sierra Nevada in Yosemite National...
Petroglyph Beach in Wrangell, Alaska
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 5, 2015
Petroglyph Beach is located on the north-west of Wrangell, a town in Alaska. The beach is so called for the large number of petroglyphs rese...
Gangkhar Puensum: The Highest Unclimbed Mountain in the World
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 2, 2015
Gangkhar Puensum is the highest mountain in Bhutan, and at 7,570 meters, it is the 40th highest peak in the world. As surprising as it may s...
Uunartoq Hot Springs in Greenland
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 1, 2015
Hot springs are abundant in South Greenland, but the island of Uunartoq is home to the only hot springs in the country that are warm enough ...
SkyCycle, A Pedal Powered Roller Coaster in Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 1, 2015
Located in Washuzan Highland Amusement Park in Okayama city in Japan, the Sky Cycle is a pedal-powered roller coaster that requires riders t...
