Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 4, 2014
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a war memorial located approximately eight kilometers north of Arras in France, near the town of Vimy...
Banksy's Street Art Recreated in LEGO
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2014
Canadian photographer Jeff Friesen has created a collection of LEGO dioramas that recreates some of the popular works of the urban street ar...
Art Made From Trash Found on Beach
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2014
From a distance, the art hanging from the ceiling of the San Francisco Zoo's old elephant area appears beautiful but step closer and you...
Troglodyte Houses and Caves of Les Eyzies de Tayac
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2014
Les Eyzies de Taynac is a pretty town in the commune of Dordogne in southwestern France, that at first glance, appears to be crushed under t...
The Spider That Camouflages Itself as Bird Droppings
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 2, 2014
Some animals have the ability to camouflage themselves with the surrounding environment to avoid detection by predators or the prey. Some as...
Skiathos Airport, The “Saint Martin” of Greece
Kaushik Patowary
May 31, 2014
You may have heard about Princess Juliana Airport in Saint Martin and its dangerous approach over Maho beach, that has made the airport a f...
Lochnagar Mine Crater
Kaushik Patowary
May 31, 2014
On the morning of 1 July 1916, the British army detonated a mine in the village of La Boisselle, just north of Albert in France. It was the ...
Buffalo Bodypainting Competition in China
Kaushik Patowary
May 31, 2014
Artists from eight countries gathered in Jiangcheng county in China on May 18 to take part in an international buffalo bodypainting competit...
The Lärchwandschrägaufzug Inclined Lift
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2014
The Larchwandschragaufzug is an inclined lift, also known as funiculars, located at Kaprun in Austria inside the Hohe Tauern National Park. ...
The Heaven’s Gate of Tianmen Shan, China
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2014
China’s Tianmen Shan or the Heaven's Gate Mountain in Hunan province is named after an incredible cave natural arch eroded through the k...
Fake Facades: Patrick Commecy’s Clever Street Art
Kaushik Patowary
May 29, 2014
French artist Patrick Commecy and his team of muralists transform dull and boring facades around France into vibrant scenes full of life. H...
The Kelpies: Giant Horse Sculptures in Falkrik
Kaushik Patowary
May 29, 2014
The Kelpies are two towering horse-head sculptures, standing next to the Forth and Clyde Canal, in Helix park, in Falkrik, in Scotland. The ...
Kintsugi, The Japanese Art of Fixing Broken Pottery With Gold
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2014
Most people would like damages to their broken items to be concealed and hidden by repair making the object look like new. But the Japanese ...
Salina Turda: An Underground Theme Park in a Salt Mine
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2014
Salina Turda is an old salt mine located deep underground in the town of Turda in Romania. Salt was first extracted here during the antiquit...
Yareta, The 3,000 Years Old Plant
Kaushik Patowary
May 26, 2014
These rocks on the highlands of the Andes looks like they are covered with moss. Actually, they are a type of flowing plant known as Yareta ...
The Minaret of Jam, Afghanistan
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2014
The Minaret of Jam is located in Afghanistan’s Shahrak district on the banks of Hari river at a place where it meets river Jam around 215 km...
Vertigo Inducing Selfies by Russian Photographer
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2014
Nineteen year old Russian daredevil Alexander Remnev and his group of thrill-seekers like to hang out from the top of tall buildings, quite...
The Great Serpent Mound of Southwest Ohio
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2014
The Great Serpent Mound is a prehistoric effigy earthwork of a serpent uncoiling located on a wedge-shaped, slightly convex ridge in the rol...
Horse Drawn Trams of Victor Harbor
Kaushik Patowary
May 21, 2014
The town of Victor Harbor is located on the coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, about 80 km south of Adelaide, in South Australia. Victor Harbo...
Parade of Skeletons at the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2014
The Gallery of Comparative Anatomy and Paleontology, one of the many components of the National Museum of Natural History, holds one of the ...
