Monowi: The Town With Population of One
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2011
Monowi is a village in Nebraska, United States, whose only remaining resident is a 77-year old woman named Elsie Eiler. Eiler lives in a mob...
Captain Robert Scott’s Hut in Antarctica
Kaushik Patowary
May 3, 2011
Robert Falcon Scott’s hut is located on the north shore of Cape Evans on Ross Island in Antarctica. It was erected in 1911 by the ill-fated ...
World Celebrates Death of Osama bin Laden
Kaushik Patowary
May 3, 2011
Late Sunday night, President Barack Obama announced that U.S. forces had killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden during an operation in Abbot...
Roter Sand Lighthouse Turned Hotel in Germany
Kaushik Patowary
May 2, 2011
Described by some as the “loneliest hotel in Germany,” the Roter Sand lighthouse, some 30 miles off the coast of Bremerhaven, Lower Saxony, ...
Dafen Oil Painting Village: Where Fake Art is Business
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 30, 2011
China is well known for fakery of all kinds, be it consumer electronics, clothing, pharmaceuticals, DVDs, food and everything in between. An...
Songkran Festival: Thai New Year Celebration
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2011
The Hungarians aren’t the only ones dousing each other with water this April. The Thais are traditionally known to celebrate the Songkran f...
Island Of The Dolls: Mexico’s Creepiest Place
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2011
The Island Of The Dolls (Isla de las Muñecas), located in the vast network of canals that lies to the south of Mexico City, near Xochimilco ...
Hair Museum of Avanos, Turkey
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 27, 2011
The Avanos hair museum situated in Cappadocia in Turkey is notably one of the strangest museums that you will come across. The museum is lo...
National Pigeon Association’s “Grand National” Pigeon Show
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 27, 2011
National Pigeon Association is an all-breeds pigeon club with an international membership founded in 1920 by humans. Encompassing all varie...
The Incredible Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 23, 2011
The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aqueduct in Germany that connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal, and allows ships t...
Gil Elvgren’s Pin-Up Girls And Their Photo Reference
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 22, 2011
The Pin-up girl culture became very popular during the early 20th century and continued well into the 80s and even late 90s. Many pin-ups we...
Style in the Aisle: Flight-Attendant Fashion Over The Years
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 22, 2011
The Museum of Flight, located a little south of Seattle, owns one of the most extensive collections of historic flight attendant uniforms of...
Watering Of The Girls: Oldest Wet T-shirt Contest?
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 22, 2011
In Hungary, there is an ancient Easter tradition called Húsvéti Locsolás . Literally, this translates to "Easter Watering". Specif...
Cake Shaped Soaps From Yorkshire Soap Co.
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2011
Yorkshire Soap Co . builds bathing soaps that look like delicious mouth watering cakes. They even decorates their soaps with pieces of real ...
I’m Not What You Think: Product Designs by Mehmet Gozetlik
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2011
The pair of batteries you see below are not batteries. They are salt and pepper shakers designed by Turkish designer Mehmet Gozetlik . These...
The Monster Engine: Children’s Drawings Painted Realistically
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2011
Dave Devries takes sketches of monsters drawn by children purely from their imagination and renders them realistically giving them a truly d...
Soft Focus Oil Paintings by Philip Barlow
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 17, 2011
Philip Barlow was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 1968. He started travelling Europe starting from the 90s while developing his tal...
Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221b Baker Street, London
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 17, 2011
The Sherlock Holmes Museum is a popular privately-run museum in London, dedicated to the celebrated 19th century detective created by Sir Co...
Jamie Beck’s Animated GIF Photography
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 17, 2011
New York City-based fashion photographer Jamie Beck , in collaboration with Kevin Burg, a web designer with a background in video and motion...
Soviet Russia’s Secret Failed Moon Program
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 16, 2011
After the United States beat the Russian’s in the race to the moon in the late 70s of the last century, the Soviet lunar program was covered...
