Lucky Knot Bridge in Changsha, China
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 29, 2016
A curvaceous new footbridge inspired by the Mobius strip has opened in Changsha, China, that offers pedestrians a variety of different route...
Saar Polygon: A Monument to Coal Mining in Germany
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 29, 2016
On June 2012, the last of the coal mines operating in the Saarland region in west Germany closed, marking the end of a 250-year history of m...
Campbell–Stokes Recorder: A Simple Device That Measures Sunshine
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2016
This crystal ball located outside Darwin Airport Meteorological Office, in Darwin, Australia, doesn’t look into the future, but provides inv...
The Mysterious Cart Tracks of Phrygia Valley
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2016
In the Phrygian Valley of Turkey, in the west central part of Anatolia, are numerous so called “cart tracks” that crisscross across the land...
La Boca: Buenos Aires’ Colorful District
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2016
The neighborhood of La Boca, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, is famous for two things —the football stadium La Bombonera, and El C...
The Town of Bull Puns
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2016
One hundred sixty kilometers north of Wellington, in New Zealand, at the junction of State Highways 1 and 3, lies the small town of Bulls. Y...
The Salt Valley of Añana
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2016
Salado Valley, in the town of Añana, in northern Spain, is rich in salt but the terrain is unwieldy. Especially, there is a shortage of flat...
Pheasant Island: The Island That Changes Sovereignty Every Six Months
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 25, 2016
Less than six kilometers before river Bidasoa, near the French-Spanish border, empties into the Atlantic Ocean, there lies a small river isl...
The Astronaut Beach House
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 24, 2016
Before astronauts get suited up and launched into space, they spends their final days relaxing with their wives and kids in a private beach ...
Temppeliaukio Church, Helsinki
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 24, 2016
In the Töölö neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland, in the middle of an ordinary residential square, a scene from the Steven Spielberg's mov...
