The Hair Raising Hairpin Bends on Trollstigen Road in Norway
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 23, 2011
Trollstigen is one of the most dramatic mountain roads in Norway. It is located approximately 15 kilometers south of Åndalsnes in the county...
Erupting Volcanoes As Seen From Space
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 23, 2011
Volcanic eruptions are one of the most violent and beautiful geological phenomenon are earth, constantly reminding us of the restless planet...
The Art of Tree Shaping
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 21, 2011
Tree shaping is the practice of training living trees and woody plants into artistic shapes by carefully orchestrating how the tree and the ...
World's Littlest Skyscraper
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 19, 2011
Located at 701 LaSalle Street in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas, is the Newby-McMahon Building, a smallish structure 10 feet by 18 feet in ar...
The World’s Largest Chocolate Bar
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 18, 2011
The Worlds Finest Chocolate company set the Guinness World Record for the largest chocolate bar on September 13, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. ...
Lastel- The Corpse Hotel in Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 16, 2011
At a country where the death rate is 1.6 million per year, death is a booming market in Japan, and one Yokohama businessman named Hisayoshi ...
Thousands of Love Locks on Hohenzollernbruecke Bridge, Germany
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 14, 2011
Thousands upon thousands of locked padlocks can be seen affixed to the fence across the unpronounceable Hohenzollernbruecke bridge in Cologn...
European Vegetable Carving Championships
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 14, 2011
Vegetable carvers from around the world are taking part in the first European Carving Championships being held within the GÄSTE 2011 Trade F...
Monsanto–A Village Built Among Rocks
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 12, 2011
Southeast of Serra da Estrela in Portugal, perched on the side of a mountain, is a lonely and enchanting village of Monsanto. The village is...
Rommerz Rabbit Hopping Competition in Germany
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 9, 2011
Over eighty rabbits took part in the fifth annual Rabbit Hopping competition on August 28, 2011 in Rommerz near Fulda, Germany. The rabbits ...
The Metallic Garden of Nanowires
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 7, 2011
Nanowires are incredibly thin structures with diameter usually ranging from 30 to 60 nanometers or less. In contrast, human hair is usually ...
Barra Airport–World’s Only Beach Airport
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 7, 2011
Barra Airport on the hebridean island of Barra, is the only airport in the world where scheduled flights take-off and land on a beach. That ...
Slate Sculptures by Stephen Kettle
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 4, 2011
Stephen Kettle , born in Castle Bromwich Birmingham in 1966, is a British sculptor who works exclusively with slate. After leaving school, S...
Beautiful Pictures of Rice Terraces
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 4, 2011
Terraces Cultivation, also known as Step Farming, is used to cultivate sloped land such as on hilly or mountainous terrain. Terraced fields ...
World's First Virtual Store Opens in Korea
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 2, 2011
A major South Korean retailer has opened what it appears to be the world's first virtual store geared to smartphone users, with shoppers...
World's First Elephant Hospital in Thailand
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 2, 2011
Soraida Salwala opened the World’s First Asian Elephant Hospital in Lampang, Thailand in 1993 to treat elephants that are ill or injured as ...
Burning Man Festival 2011
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2011
Burning Man is a liberal arts festival that takes place in the last week of August week before Labor Day in the Black Rock Desert, in Northe...
Annual Tomatina Festival in Spain, 2011
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2011
La Tomatina is the craziest and the largest food fight festival organized every year in the town of Bunol in the Valencia region of Spain. A...
Beautiful Underwater Photography by Elena Kalis
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2011
Russian-born photographer Elena Kalis has been residing on a small island in the Bahamas, surrounded by clear ocean, for the past decade. S...
Das Park Hotel Built from Giant Sewage Pipes
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 31, 2011
If your idea of a holiday is to live inside a sewage pipe, then congratulations - you qualify for a night’s stay at the Das Park Hotel in Au...
