The Great Kobuk Sand Dunes – An Alaskan Oddity
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 28, 2014
The Kobuk Valley National Park, in Alaska, is one of the most remotely located national parks in the world. Situated on the edge of the arct...
Illuminated Papercut Light Boxes by Hari & Deepti
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2014
Deepti Nair and Harikrishnan Panicker , two Indian artists based out of Denver, Colorado, create beautiful dioramas out of paper cut light b...
The Ancient City Wall of Xi’an
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2014
The fortification of the city of Xi’an, the ancient capital of Shaanxi province, in the center of the Guanzhong Plain, represents one of the...
The Ghost Ships of the National Defense Reserve Fleet
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2014
After the second World War, the United States established the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) – a fleet of vessels that serve as a res...
The Giant Stone Coins of Yap
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 25, 2014
The island of Yap in the Pacific Ocean, is one of the four states that make up the independent sovereign island nation of Micronesia. Coveri...
Makeup Artist Transforms Herself into Celebrity Faces
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2014
A 40-year-old London-based makeup artist, Maria Malone-Guerbaa, has the ability to transform herself into practically any person by using on...
Everyday Objects Transformed into Whimsical Characters
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2014
Every once in a while, you may find a face in a building façade or a tree bark, but French artist Gilbert Legrand finds them in places you ...
Waterfalls on Uluru: A Rare Sight
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2014
Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in central Australia, and one of the most recognizable natural landmark...
Tower of Hercules: A 2nd Century Lighthouse Still in Use
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2014
The Tower of Hercules, originally known as the "Farum Brigantium", is an ancient Roman lighthouse located on a peninsula about 2.4...
The Depressing Industrial City of Norilsk
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2014
Norilsk is an industrial city located in Krasnoyarsk Krai, in Russia. It is the northernmost city in the world with a population of 170,000 ...
Saddening Images of Dead Sea Birds With Plastic in Their Stomach
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 20, 2014
Photographer Chris Jordan, who specializes in large-scale works that depict the magnitude of our consumerism and its impact on our environm...
The Perched Villages of Cote d'Azur
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2014
One of the most endearing attractions of Côte d'Azur, also known as the French Riviera, in the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast ...
Desert Wildflowers in the Colorado Plateau
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 18, 2014
The Colorado Plateau is mostly desert, with a few scattered areas of forests. The cracks in the parched earth are clearly visible, but for a...
The Trulli Houses of Alberobello
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2014
The small town of Alberobello in the province of Bari, in the southern region of Puglia, in Italy, displays some remarkable examples of a tr...
Beichuan, The Preserved Ruins of an Earthquake Destroyed Town
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 15, 2014
Few places provide the opportunity to see the aftermath of a violent natural calamity. The town of Beichuan is one of them. Beichuan is a ...
Johannesburg's Ponte City Tower
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2014
Ponte City Tower is the tallest residential building in Johannesburg, and is one of the city's most striking urban landmarks. The 54-sto...
A Glass Bottomed Hotel Bedroom in Bali
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2014
Who wants to sleep with the fishes? But shrimps is another story. Set over a freshwater shrimp pond, Udang House, also known as the Shrimp H...
Maggie Rudy’s Hand Crafted Mice Dolls
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2014
Portland-based artist Maggie Rudy creates cute little rodents from wool and pipe cleaners, dresses them in fancy clothing and poses them in ...
Hallerbos, The Blue Forest of Belgium
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2014
Located just at the boundary of Flanders and Wallonia, in the municipality of Halle, about 30 minutes south of Brussels, lies the forest of ...
A Psychedelic Salt Mine in Yekaterinburg
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2014
Deep underneath the city of Yekaterinburg in Russia lies the most colorful cave you have ever laid your eyes upon. The walls of this abandon...
