The Historic Villages of Shirakawa and Gokayama
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 5, 2014
Shirakawa and Gokayama are two Japanese villages located in Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture, respectively, known for their traditional...
Zalipie, The Painted Village
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2014
Zalipie is a village in southeastern Poland, 68 km east of the regional capital Kraków, known for its wonderfully painted houses. The trad...
Diomede Islands: Two Islands Split by the US-Russian Border and the International Date Line
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 28, 2014
The Diomede Islands are a pair of rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia. Though the t...
The Ancient Sea Wall at Batroun, Lebanon
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 27, 2014
Batroun is a coastal city in northern Lebanon lying 50 km north of Beirut and 30 km south of Tripoli. It is one of the oldest cities in the ...
The Equator in Ecuador
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 27, 2014
Although the equator runs through hundreds of places, one country that takes particular pride in its unique geographical location is Ecuador...
Dean's Blue Hole, World's Deepest Blue Hole
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 26, 2014
Dean's Blue Hole near Clarence Town on Long Island, Bahamas, is the world's deepest known “blue hole” - a term given to any deep, wa...
Irohazaka Winding Road, Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 26, 2014
Irohazaka are a pair of winding roads connecting the lower elevation around central Nikko, in the mountains of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, to...
Meoto Iwa, the Wedded Rocks
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 26, 2014
Meoto Iwa, also called the “husband and wife rocks” or “wedded rocks”, are a pair of small rocky stacks in the sea right in front of the Fut...
The Old Man of Storr
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2014
The Old Man of Storr is a large pinnacle of rock located on the north of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland, in an area known as ‘Trotternish’. T...
The Colorful Island of Burano, Italy
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2014
Burano is an island in the Northern Venetian Lagoon, just 40 minutes away from Venice by boat. Burano is an old fishing village, and the fis...
