Rockall – An Isolated Rocky Islet Claimed by Four Nations
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 13, 2014
Rockall is a very small, unremarkable and uninhabited rocky island located around 480 km off the west coast of mainland Scotland. At just ov...
Chimney Rock in Nebraska
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 12, 2014
The Chimney Rock is one of the most famous and recognizable landmarks in Morrill County in western Nebraska in the United States. A remnant ...
Devil’s Golf Course, Death Valley National Park
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 12, 2014
The Devil's Golf Course is a large salt pan on the floor of Death Valley, located in the Mojave Desert within Death Valley National Park...
Mitchell Falls in Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 11, 2014
Mitchell Falls is a beautiful four-tiered waterfall located in the remote north of the Kimberley Region in Western Australia, about 2,140 ki...
Ashgabat: The City of White Marbles
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 7, 2014
Ashgabat is the capital of Turkmenistan and the country’s largest city. Ashgabat is a relatively young city having grown out of a village of...
A Canyon Where Gigantic Pines Grow
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 7, 2014
Inside the Bryce Canyon National Park , in the narrow alleys formed by towering rocks on either side, grow one of the tallest trees of the S...
Painted Hills of Oregon
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 6, 2014
Painted Hills is one of the three units that make up the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, located in Wheeler County, Oregon. The Pain...
Juzcar, The Spanish Village That Painted Itself Blue
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 6, 2014
Juzcar is a small town and municipality in the autonomous province of Andalusia, 113 km away from the city of Malaga and 25 km from Ronda. O...
Bainbridge Rocks of Galapagos Islands
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 5, 2014
The Bainbridge Rocks are a group of small rocky islets off the southeastern coast of Santiago Island, in Galápagos Archipelago. One of these...
The Historic Villages of Shirakawa and Gokayama
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 5, 2014
Shirakawa and Gokayama are two Japanese villages located in Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture, respectively, known for their traditional...
Zalipie, The Painted Village
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2014
Zalipie is a village in southeastern Poland, 68 km east of the regional capital Kraków, known for its wonderfully painted houses. The trad...
Diomede Islands: Two Islands Split by the US-Russian Border and the International Date Line
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 28, 2014
The Diomede Islands are a pair of rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia. Though the t...
The Ancient Sea Wall at Batroun, Lebanon
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 27, 2014
Batroun is a coastal city in northern Lebanon lying 50 km north of Beirut and 30 km south of Tripoli. It is one of the oldest cities in the ...
The Equator in Ecuador
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 27, 2014
Although the equator runs through hundreds of places, one country that takes particular pride in its unique geographical location is Ecuador...
Dean's Blue Hole, World's Deepest Blue Hole
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 26, 2014
Dean's Blue Hole near Clarence Town on Long Island, Bahamas, is the world's deepest known “blue hole” - a term given to any deep, wa...
Irohazaka Winding Road, Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 26, 2014
Irohazaka are a pair of winding roads connecting the lower elevation around central Nikko, in the mountains of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, to...
Meoto Iwa, the Wedded Rocks
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 26, 2014
Meoto Iwa, also called the “husband and wife rocks” or “wedded rocks”, are a pair of small rocky stacks in the sea right in front of the Fut...
The Old Man of Storr
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2014
The Old Man of Storr is a large pinnacle of rock located on the north of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland, in an area known as ‘Trotternish’. T...
The Colorful Island of Burano, Italy
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2014
Burano is an island in the Northern Venetian Lagoon, just 40 minutes away from Venice by boat. Burano is an old fishing village, and the fis...
Limestone Boulders of Castle Hill in New Zealand
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 22, 2014
Castle Hill is located 120 km west of Christchurch close to the Great Alpine Highway 73, between Darfield and Arthur's Pass in New Zeala...
