The Mysterious Stone Spheres Of Costa Rica
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2014
In the 1930s while clearing the Costa Rican jungle for banana plantations, employees of the United Fruit Company began uncovering large ston...
The Fortress Town of Palmanova
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 20, 2014
The town of Palmanova is located in northeastern Italy, close to the border with Slovenia. While Palmanova’s origins can be traced back to t...
The Volcanic Crater of Xico
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 20, 2014
Cerro de Xico or the “Hill of Xico” lies at the extreme southern end of Mexico City in the municipality of Xico within the Chichinautzin vol...
Edith Macefield's Legendary House in Seattle
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 19, 2014
In the corner between Northwest 46th Street and 15th Avenue, in Ballard, Seattle, wedged between a Trader Joe's and an LA Fitness, lies ...
Ruby Falls, An Underground Waterfall in Tennessee
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 18, 2014
Approximately 1,120 feet below ground within the heart of Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee, lies the United States’ tallest and ...
Life-Sized Elephant Created by Folding a Single Piece of Paper
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 14, 2014
Switzerland-based origami artist Sipho Mabona has created a life-sized elephant from just one sheet of paper measuring 15 by 15 meters. The...
Bangkok’s Multi-Colored Taxis
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 14, 2014
Unlike the rest of the world, where taxis are usually yellow and black, Bangkok’s taxis come in a full range of colors. There are pink taxis...
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 ...
