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 ...
Meet The Most Gorgeous ‘Peacock Spider’
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 24, 2012
Maratus volans , better known as the Peacock Spider, is the dandiest, the cutest little thing you’ll see today. The male of this species has...
Abandoned Farmhouse Transformed Into Life Size Dollhouse
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 22, 2012
Canadian artist Heather Benning has turned an abandoned farm house she found in 2005 in Manitoba, Canada, into a life-sized dollhouse. Mi...
Long Exposure Photographs of Dancers by Bill Wadman
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 22, 2012
Photographer Bill Wadman has captured 9 dancers in flowing motion with long exposure photography. The images were captured in a dark room w...
Skywalking in Russia
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 22, 2012
Skywalking is the latest photography fad in Russia, where thrill-seeking climbers seek out the highest mad made structures they can find, cl...
Chatillon Car Graveyard in Belgium
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2012
Right in the middle of a small forest near Chatillon, a little village in Southern Belgium, is a graveyard of abandoned and beautiful rusty ...
Homeless Dogs Learn to Drive in New Zealand
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2012
An animal adoption charity in New Zealand has successfully taught several dogs how to drive in order to demonstrates to potential rescue dog...
Dirt is Good: Joo Heng Tan's Sand Sculpture Backdrops
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2012
Three-time award-winning world champion sand sculptor Joo Heng Tan was approached by ad agency Lowe in Singapore to help create these impres...
