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...
