Gerry Judah’s Amazing Car Sculptures
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2014
Each year, London-based artist Gerry Judah creates a massive sculpture in tribute of an iconic car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, an ev...
The Medieval Market Square of Bernkastel-Kues
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2014
The German town of Bernkastel-Kues is located in the Moselle Valley, halfway between Cochem and Trier. This attractive little town, often re...
Bahia Honda Rail Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 6, 2014
The Bahia Honda Rail Bridge is an abandoned bridge in the lower Florida Keys connecting Bahia Honda Key with Spanish Harbor Key. The bridge ...
Ukai - The Japanese Art of Cormorant Fishing
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 6, 2014
Cormorants are a family of sea birds whose diet consist mostly of fish. These birds are masters in fishing – they wait for their prey on sea...
Dry Falls: The Largest Waterfall That No Longer Exist
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 6, 2014
Located in central Washington, on the opposite side of the Upper Grand Coulee from the Columbia River, is a 3.5-mile long and 400-foot high ...
Ajanta and Ellora Caves of India
Anonymous
Jul 5, 2014
Ajanta and Ellora are two monumental rock cut caves that define Indian art and architectural accomplishment. Though these two monuments are ...
All Aboard for Biswa Ijtema
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 1, 2014
Every year more than 3 million Muslims converge at Tongi on the banks of the river Turag, on the outskirts of Dhaka, the capital city of Ban...
Beautiful Ocean Waves Created Out of Layered Sheets of Glass
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 29, 2014
New Zealand artist and sculptor Ben Young works with glass, but not in the traditional way. Instead of blowing molten glass into three-dime...
The Great Kobuk Sand Dunes – An Alaskan Oddity
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 28, 2014
The Kobuk Valley National Park, in Alaska, is one of the most remotely located national parks in the world. Situated on the edge of the arct...
Illuminated Papercut Light Boxes by Hari & Deepti
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2014
Deepti Nair and Harikrishnan Panicker , two Indian artists based out of Denver, Colorado, create beautiful dioramas out of paper cut light b...
The Ancient City Wall of Xi’an
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2014
The fortification of the city of Xi’an, the ancient capital of Shaanxi province, in the center of the Guanzhong Plain, represents one of the...
The Ghost Ships of the National Defense Reserve Fleet
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2014
After the second World War, the United States established the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) – a fleet of vessels that serve as a res...
The Giant Stone Coins of Yap
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 25, 2014
The island of Yap in the Pacific Ocean, is one of the four states that make up the independent sovereign island nation of Micronesia. Coveri...
Makeup Artist Transforms Herself into Celebrity Faces
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2014
A 40-year-old London-based makeup artist, Maria Malone-Guerbaa, has the ability to transform herself into practically any person by using on...
Everyday Objects Transformed into Whimsical Characters
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2014
Every once in a while, you may find a face in a building façade or a tree bark, but French artist Gilbert Legrand finds them in places you ...
Waterfalls on Uluru: A Rare Sight
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2014
Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in central Australia, and one of the most recognizable natural landmark...
Tower of Hercules: A 2nd Century Lighthouse Still in Use
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2014
The Tower of Hercules, originally known as the "Farum Brigantium", is an ancient Roman lighthouse located on a peninsula about 2.4...
The Depressing Industrial City of Norilsk
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2014
Norilsk is an industrial city located in Krasnoyarsk Krai, in Russia. It is the northernmost city in the world with a population of 170,000 ...
Saddening Images of Dead Sea Birds With Plastic in Their Stomach
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 20, 2014
Photographer Chris Jordan, who specializes in large-scale works that depict the magnitude of our consumerism and its impact on our environm...
The Perched Villages of Cote d'Azur
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2014
One of the most endearing attractions of Côte d'Azur, also known as the French Riviera, in the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast ...
Desert Wildflowers in the Colorado Plateau
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 18, 2014
The Colorado Plateau is mostly desert, with a few scattered areas of forests. The cracks in the parched earth are clearly visible, but for a...
The Trulli Houses of Alberobello
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2014
The small town of Alberobello in the province of Bari, in the southern region of Puglia, in Italy, displays some remarkable examples of a tr...
Beichuan, The Preserved Ruins of an Earthquake Destroyed Town
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 15, 2014
Few places provide the opportunity to see the aftermath of a violent natural calamity. The town of Beichuan is one of them. Beichuan is a ...
Johannesburg's Ponte City Tower
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2014
Ponte City Tower is the tallest residential building in Johannesburg, and is one of the city's most striking urban landmarks. The 54-sto...
A Glass Bottomed Hotel Bedroom in Bali
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2014
Who wants to sleep with the fishes? But shrimps is another story. Set over a freshwater shrimp pond, Udang House, also known as the Shrimp H...
Maggie Rudy’s Hand Crafted Mice Dolls
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2014
Portland-based artist Maggie Rudy creates cute little rodents from wool and pipe cleaners, dresses them in fancy clothing and poses them in ...
Hallerbos, The Blue Forest of Belgium
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2014
Located just at the boundary of Flanders and Wallonia, in the municipality of Halle, about 30 minutes south of Brussels, lies the forest of ...
A Psychedelic Salt Mine in Yekaterinburg
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2014
Deep underneath the city of Yekaterinburg in Russia lies the most colorful cave you have ever laid your eyes upon. The walls of this abandon...
Geamana, The Romanian Village Flooded by a Toxic Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 11, 2014
Copper exploitation at the mines of Rosia Poieni in the Apuseni Mountains, in Alba county, in Romania, was like a curse for residents of the...
The Art of Murrine: Glass Portraits That Slices Like Loaves of Bread
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 11, 2014
California-based glass artist Loren Stump specializes in an ancient form of glass technique called murrine, where rods of glass of differen...
Benjamin Affagard’s Miniature Dioramas of Suburban Graffiti
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 11, 2014
French artist Benjamin Affagard creates extremely intricate and detailed mini dioramas depicting graffiti-strewn cityscapes. In an ongoing ...
Paso Internacional Los Libertadores
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2014
Paso Internacional Los Libertadores, also called Cristo Redentor, is a mountain pass in the Andes between Argentina and Chile. It is the mai...
Santos Express Train Lodge: A Hotel in a Real Train
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2014
An old train parked on Santos beach in the harbor town of Mossel Bay in the Southern Cape of South Africa has been converted into a pretty l...
World's Largest Solar Furnace at Odeillo
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2014
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via or simply Odeillo, is a commune in the Pyrenees mountains near the Spanish border in the south of France and is one o...
Buildings Under Construction Wrapped in Colorful Fabric
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 6, 2014
These buildings covered in vibrant fabric while under construction is the subject of Singapore based photographer Peter Steinhauer fascinati...
Miniature Industrial Landscapes Created From Cloth Fibers
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 6, 2014
Japanese artist Takahiro Iwasaki creates incredible urban landscapes using everyday objects like the bristles of toothbrushes, bath towels, ...
The Backyard Trains of Hanoi
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 6, 2014
The Old Quarter in Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi is a bustling area of small, narrow streets packed with hundreds of buildings with charming ...
A Missile Park at White Sands Missile Range Museum
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 5, 2014
White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in southern New Mexico, at nearly 8,300 square km, is one of the largest military installation in the Unite...
The Terraced Cemetery of Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 4, 2014
The private cemetery on Pok Fu Lam on the western side of Hong Kong island is an amazing sight. Built into the mountainside in terraced step...
Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 4, 2014
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a war memorial located approximately eight kilometers north of Arras in France, near the town of Vimy...
Banksy's Street Art Recreated in LEGO
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2014
Canadian photographer Jeff Friesen has created a collection of LEGO dioramas that recreates some of the popular works of the urban street ar...
Art Made From Trash Found on Beach
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2014
From a distance, the art hanging from the ceiling of the San Francisco Zoo's old elephant area appears beautiful but step closer and you...
Troglodyte Houses and Caves of Les Eyzies de Tayac
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2014
Les Eyzies de Taynac is a pretty town in the commune of Dordogne in southwestern France, that at first glance, appears to be crushed under t...
The Spider That Camouflages Itself as Bird Droppings
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 2, 2014
Some animals have the ability to camouflage themselves with the surrounding environment to avoid detection by predators or the prey. Some as...
Skiathos Airport, The “Saint Martin” of Greece
Kaushik Patowary
May 31, 2014
You may have heard about Princess Juliana Airport in Saint Martin and its dangerous approach over Maho beach, that has made the airport a f...
Lochnagar Mine Crater
Kaushik Patowary
May 31, 2014
On the morning of 1 July 1916, the British army detonated a mine in the village of La Boisselle, just north of Albert in France. It was the ...
Buffalo Bodypainting Competition in China
Kaushik Patowary
May 31, 2014
Artists from eight countries gathered in Jiangcheng county in China on May 18 to take part in an international buffalo bodypainting competit...
The Lärchwandschrägaufzug Inclined Lift
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2014
The Larchwandschragaufzug is an inclined lift, also known as funiculars, located at Kaprun in Austria inside the Hohe Tauern National Park. ...
The Heaven’s Gate of Tianmen Shan, China
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2014
China’s Tianmen Shan or the Heaven's Gate Mountain in Hunan province is named after an incredible cave natural arch eroded through the k...
Fake Facades: Patrick Commecy’s Clever Street Art
Kaushik Patowary
May 29, 2014
French artist Patrick Commecy and his team of muralists transform dull and boring facades around France into vibrant scenes full of life. H...
