Sparebots by Lenny and Meriel
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 8, 2013
British couple Lenny and Meriel Lenfesteys build tiny figures they call “sparebots” from LEDs, resistors, capacitors, wire and other electr...
Nancy Rose's Adorable Squirrels
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 8, 2013
Nancy Rose has a bunch of squirrels living in the backyard of her home in Halifax, Canada, whom she has been photographing for a couple of ...
Robot Restaurant in Harbin, China
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 8, 2013
A restaurant in downtown Harbin, China, employs 20 robots instead of humans that cook, serve and entertain its guests. The restaurant opened...
Shipwrecks at Big Tub Harbour in Lake Huron
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 7, 2013
Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America on the Ca...
Runway Over The Highway at Leipzig/Halle Airport
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 7, 2013
The Leipzig/Halle Airport, sometimes called Schkeuditz Airport, is located in Schkeuditz, Germany and serves both Leipzig and Halle – two of...
Lake Turkana, World’s Largest Desert Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 6, 2013
Standing on the shore of Lake Turkana, you could be almost forgiven for believing you are at the seaside. There is swell in the waters, a sa...
Barbie Themed Restaurant Opens in Taiwan
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 4, 2013
Taiwan has opened a Barbie-themed restaurant in Taipei called the Barbie Cafe, after the US toy company Mattel licensed Taiwanese restaurant...
Long Exposure Photos of Sleeping Couples
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 3, 2013
“What happens to lovers while they are sleeping?” photographer Paul Schneggenburger asked as he began his project “The sleep of the beloved...
The Hill of Crosses
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 3, 2013
It sounds like a cheap Hollywood horror movie, but Hill of Crosses is a real place - a site of pilgrimage actually – located about 12 km nor...
Beautiful Basalt Cliffs of Los Organos, Spain
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 3, 2013
Los Organos is located in the island of La Gomera, in the northern coast of Peru, about 15 minutes away from Mancora one of Spain's Can...
Camel Wrestling in Turkey
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 1, 2013
Camel Wrestling is a traditional sport very popular along the west coast of Turkey, where male camels from local villages are pit against ea...
The Boneyard Project: Art on Abandoned Airplanes
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 31, 2013
“The Boneyard Project” is an art exhibition of scrapped military aircraft that have been repurposed as canvases for contemporary artists. Th...
Lego Themed Hotel in California
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 31, 2013
A LEGO themed hotel is being constructed right next to California’s very own Legoland amusement park in Carlsbad, California. The hotel its...
Ancient Ice Houses of Iran
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 29, 2013
Before the invention of the refrigerator, which is a relatively modern invention, ice was a precious commodity that couldn’t be easily obtai...
John Salminen’s Watercolor Paintings of Urban Landscapes
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 26, 2013
John Salminen is one of America’s most highly recognized watercolorists. He is a prolific painter who paints six to ten hours a day in a ba...
Realistic Tulle Portraits by Benjamin Shine
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 25, 2013
Tulle is that lightweight, very fine netting, commonly used for veils, wedding gowns and ballet tutus. British artist Benjamin Shine takes ...
Hong Kong's High-Density Residential Apartments
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 25, 2013
Because of historical, political, and geographical reasons, only 23.7% of Hong Kong’s land is developed out of which only 6.8% land is used ...
Anamorphic Sculptures by Jonty Hurwitz
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 25, 2013
If you thought anamorphic art was extraordinary, how about anamorphic sculpture? South African artist Jonty Hurwitz makes incredible sculp...
The 10,000 Bedroom Nazi Hotel That Was Never Used
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 24, 2013
Stretching for over three miles along the white sandy beach on Germany's Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, lies the world’s biggest hotel wit...
Creative Street Art by OakOak
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 24, 2013
French street artist OakOak converts street objects, signs and other fixtures around his native city of St Etienne, France, into humorous s...
Close-Up Pictures of Corals by Felix Salazar
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 23, 2013
Felix Salazar, a photographer and composer based on LA, offers us a closer look at the dazzling bright colors and texture of corals through ...
Casa Mila in Barcelona, Spain
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 21, 2013
Casa Milà, popularly known as ‘La Pedrera’, looks like an artistic piece of modern architecture, but it’s not. This unusual building of undu...
Airport Runway Becomes Parking Lot for Hurricane Damaged Vehicles
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 20, 2013
Tens of thousands of vehicles damaged by Superstorm Sandy are being temporarily stored on runways and taxiways at Calverton Executive Airpar...
Altered Street Signs by Clet Abraham
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2013
For two years, French street artist Clet Abraham was sneaking out into the night and pasting removable stickers onto street signs throughout...
Decorated Mud Houses of Tiébélé, Burkina Faso
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2013
In the south of Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in west Africa, near the border with Ghana lies a small, circular village of about 1.2 he...
Okunoshima Rabbit Island
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 16, 2013
Ōkunoshima is a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan between Hiroshima and Shikoku. During World War II the island used to be a t...
“Bridge to Nowhere” in Whanganui National Park, New Zealand
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 16, 2013
One of the most visited attractions in Whanganui National Park, New Zealand, is the “Bridge to Nowhere” - an abandoned and isolated concret...
Panmunjom, The Only Place Where Tourists Can Get Shot
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 15, 2013
Panmunjom is located in the most sensitive area of Korea's demilitarised zone. It’s the only tourist destination where visitors are requ...
Amsterdam, the City of Bicycles
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2013
Amsterdam is one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world, with an estimated 800,000 bikes within the capital. In contrast, the city...
The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2013
Roopkund is a glacial lake located at an altitude of about 5,029 metres in Uttarakhand, a state in India. When the ice melts, hundreds of hu...
Runit Dome: The Radioactive Trash Can on Enewetak Atoll
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 13, 2013
Since World War II, the United States has conducted over 1,000 nuclear tests mostly at Nevada Test Site and the Pacific Proving Grounds in ...
The Doomed Village of Doel And Its Amazing Street Art
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2013
Doel is a 700 year old village situated near the river Scheldt in Belgium, that is currently facing the threat of demolition. Its only crime...
The Inhabited Volcanic Island of Aogashima, Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2013
Aogashima is a small, tropical volcanic island in the Philippine Sea, under the administration of Tokyo despite being located some 358 kilom...
Old Airplane Turned Into a Kindergarten
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 8, 2013
In the Georgian city of Rustavi, an old but fully functional Yakovlev Yak-42 aeroplane has been transformed into a kindergarten classroom. H...
Phraya Nakon Cave, Thailand
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 8, 2013
Nestled deep within Thailand’s Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, almost 300 kilometres south of Bangkok, the Phraya Nakon Cave is one of the m...
Titlis Cliff Walk: Europe's Highest Suspension Bridge Opens
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 8, 2013
Europe’s highest suspension bridge has opened to the public at Engelberg, Switzerland – a popular ski destination. The 100-meter long Titlis...
Artificially Heated Nautholsvik Geothermal Beach, Iceland
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2013
In Iceland the sea is normally far too cold to tempt swimmers, but at Nautholsvik bay in Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland, a thermal b...
Incredible Balancing Stones by Michael Grab
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 5, 2013
Colorado artist Mike Grab creates astonishing towers of balanced stones using nothing but gravity, and his uncanny ability to find the natur...
Kurt Wenner, the Artist Who Invented 3D Street Art
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 5, 2013
Kurt Wenner produced his first commissioned mural at the age of sixteen and by that time he was already earning his living as a graphic art...
Frozen Air Bubbles in Abraham Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 4, 2013
Abraham Lake is an artificial lake on North Saskatchewan River in western Alberta, Canada. The lake was created in 1972, with the constructi...
Spend a Night With Giraffes at The Giraffe Manor in Nairobi
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 3, 2013
Giraffe Manor is a unique property and hotel in the Lang'ata suburb of Nairobi, Kenya, famous for its resident herd of endangered Rothsc...
ArcelorMittal Orbit in London
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 3, 2013
Unveiled during the London Olympics 2012, the ArcelorMittal Orbit is a 115-metre-high sculpture and observation tower in the Olympic Park in...
Alfred J. Sirleaf And His Chalkboard Newspaper
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 3, 2013
In Liberia, a country where radios and televisions are luxuries most people cannot afford, there is one enterprising journalist who has foun...
Photorealistic Pencil Drawings by Diego Fazio
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 3, 2013
It’s hard to believe these pictures are not photographs. They are pencil drawings made by Diego Fazio , a 23 year old self-taught artist liv...
Best of 2012
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 30, 2012
At Amusing Planet we cover anything that is offbeat or interesting, and that includes a wide range of topics. With over 400 articles publish...
Snow Roller: A Strange Meteorological Phenomenon
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 29, 2012
Snow roller is a rare meteorological phenomenon in which large cylinders of snow are naturally formed as chunks of snow are blown along the ...
Maeklong Railway Market: Marketplace With a Railway Track Through it
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 28, 2012
Maeklong Railway Market, located in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, around 37 miles west of Bangkok, looks like any other open-air market in Asia...
Montserrat, a Modern Day Pompeii
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 28, 2012
Montserrat is a Caribbean island located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands known as the Lesser Antilles, in the West Indi...
The Beautiful Key Monastery, India
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 26, 2012
Key Gompa is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located on picturesque hilltop at an altitude of 4,166 metres above sea level, close to the Spiti ...
Great Mosque in Djenne, The Largest Mud-Brick Building in The World
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 25, 2012
Founded in 800 AD, the town of Djenne in central Mali, is one of sub-Saharan Africa's oldest cities. Situated on an island in the Niger ...
