The Reticulated Lagoon of Mataiva Atoll
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 30, 2016
Mataiva is a coral atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago, in French Polynesia, located about 311 km north of the island of Tahiti. The ring-shape...
Angels Flight: The World’s Shortest Railway
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 28, 2016
Angels Flight is a historic narrow gauge funicular railway located in the Bunker Hill district of downtown Los Angeles, California. Dubbed t...
The Chimneypots of Paris Rooftops
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 27, 2016
A trivial but iconic architectural element of Europe are the chimneypots that adorn the rooftops of houses and buildings. In Paris, in parti...
Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Museum
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 27, 2016
On 12 May, 2008, a devastating earthquake in Wenchuan County, in Sichuan, China, left nearly 70,000 people killed and over 18,000 missing. A...
Mount Bromo: The Hungry Volcano
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 26, 2016
Mount Bromo in East Java, Indonesia, is the youngest of several volcanoes in the Tengger massif, and is one of Java’s most active volcanoes....
Ai Pioppi: An Amusement Park Built by One Man
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 26, 2016
In the Italian town of Nervesa della Battaglia, about 45 kilometers north of Venice, is a restaurant named Ai Pioppi. Aside from the food an...
Historic Panoramic Paintings And Cycloramas
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 25, 2016
The word ‘panorama’ is used very frequently in modern times. The rise of mobile phone photography and the ability to take panoramic photogra...
Asphalt Lakes And The Secrets in Their Depths
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 23, 2016
Some of the world’s strangest lakes are filled not with water but with asphalt, also known bitumen, the same material that roads are paved w...
Fictional Bridges on Euro Banknotes Become Real
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 20, 2016
In 2002, the European Central Bank introduced seven new bank notes to the union. Each note featured an artwork of a bridge on the back. Acco...
Paternoster: This Elevator Never Stops
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 20, 2016
The paternoster is kind of elevator that consist of a chain of open compartments that move up and down continuously through the vertical sha...
