Padrão dos Descobrimentos: The Discoveries Monument in Lisbon
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 10, 2014
The Portuguese were prolific explorers. Starting from the early 15th century, under the sponsorship of prince Henry the Navigator, several P...
The Peeing Statues of Brussels
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 9, 2014
One of the most iconic symbols of Brussels is not a majestic bridge or a tower or a cathedral, but a tiny statue of a little boy happily pis...
The Needles of Isle of Wight
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 8, 2014
The Needles is a row of three detached masses of chalk that rise out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight, in UK, close...
Ebenezer Place, The Shortest Street in The World
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 7, 2014
“Blink and you’d miss Ebenezer Place,” writes Anne Ward, author of Nothing to See Here: A Guide to the Hidden Joys of Scotland , a guide boo...
Moulins on Glaciers
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 6, 2014
Just like rainwater dissolves the bedrock on the Earth’s crust and form sinkholes, meltwater on a glacier’s surface can melt ice and form si...
The Snow Monkeys of Jigokudani
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 6, 2014
Jigokudani is located in the valley of the Yokoyu River, in Nagano Prefecture, in Japan, at an elevation of 850 meters. Literally “hell’s va...
Cape Agulhas: The Place Where Two Oceans Meet
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 5, 2014
When Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias rounded the rocky headland of South Africa’s Cape Peninsula in 1488, he became the first European t...
The Iconic Gold Hill of Shaftesbury
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 3, 2014
Gold Hill, in the town of Shaftesbury in the English county of Dorset, is a picturesque steep cobbled street. The street was made famous by ...
Patrick Dougherty’s Twig Sculptures
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 3, 2014
North Carolina-based artist Patrick Dougherty has gained an international reputation for weaving tree saplings into massive, swirling forms...
Pearl-Qatar, A Luxurious Artificial Island
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 2, 2014
The Pearl-Qatar in Doha, Qatar, is a luxurious residential complex that is being developed on an artificial island, off the coast of Doha’s ...
