Gangkhar Puensum: The Highest Unclimbed Mountain in the World
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 2, 2015
Gangkhar Puensum is the highest mountain in Bhutan, and at 7,570 meters, it is the 40th highest peak in the world. As surprising as it may s...
Uunartoq Hot Springs in Greenland
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 1, 2015
Hot springs are abundant in South Greenland, but the island of Uunartoq is home to the only hot springs in the country that are warm enough ...
SkyCycle, A Pedal Powered Roller Coaster in Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 1, 2015
Located in Washuzan Highland Amusement Park in Okayama city in Japan, the Sky Cycle is a pedal-powered roller coaster that requires riders t...
The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 31, 2014
On June 6, 1912, after five days of violent earthquakes on the Alaska Peninsula, one of the most gigantic eruptions of the 20th century occu...
Chinese Water Meter Reader Captures Unexpected Moments on The Streets
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 31, 2014
32-year old Tao Liu works as a water meter reader for the Hefei Water Supply Company. He travels up and down the city on his motorbike and i...
Kiribati, The True Land of The Rising Sun
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 30, 2014
When the sun sets on the evening of December 31 this year, and the world awaits the arrival of the new year, a tiny island country on the ex...
El Ateneo Grand Splendid: A Beautiful Bookstore in a Former Theater
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 29, 2014
Housed in a magnificent early 20th century theater, El Ateneo Grand Splendid in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is one of the biggest bookstores in...
Somerset Bridge Bermuda - The World’s Smallest Drawbridge
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 29, 2014
Somerset Bridge is a small bridge located in the western parish of Sandys, in Bermuda, connecting Somerset Island with the mainland. The sto...
Best of 2014
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 26, 2014
It’s that time of the year again, when we look back and reflect on some of the most popular and interesting stories we covered over the last...
Ice Volcanoes of The Great Lakes
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 24, 2014
During the winter months, when the Great Lakes in North America freezes over, a unique feature called “ice volcanoes” start forming along th...
People of the Twenty-First Century by Hans Eijkelboom
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 24, 2014
Over the course of the last 20 years, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom has been lurking and shooting along the world's busiest streets...
Punta de Tarifa: The Southernmost Point of Continental Europe
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 23, 2014
Punta de Tarifa is the southern tip of the town of Tarifa, located in the province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in Sp...
Creative Burger Designs By Fat & Furious Burger
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 23, 2014
French graphic designers Thomas Weil and Quentin Weisbuch have been making outrageous burgers for the last two years. What started as a rand...
Luxury Singaporean Apartment is Equipped With Sky Garages
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 23, 2014
A newly opened high-rise apartment building in Singapore is offering owners the luxury of parking their cars in elevated car porches, right ...
Shoes on The Danube Promenade
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 23, 2014
On the banks of the Danube River in Budapest, about 300 meters from the Hungarian Parliament building, lie sixty pairs of rusted old-fashion...
Glacier Mice: A Rolling Stone Does Gather Moss
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 20, 2014
The old proverb that states that “a rolling stone gathers no moss” has been passed along for so long that people generally believe that its ...
The Four Corners Monument
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2014
The Four Corners Monument is the only place in the United States where you can be in four different states at the same time -Arizona, Colora...
The Prime Meridian At The Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 18, 2014
The Prime Meridian, also known as the Greenwich Meridian, passes through longitude 0° 0' 0'' and on its journey from pole to pol...
Hydrospeeding on The Aletsch Glacier
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 18, 2014
Hydrospeeding or riverboarding is a form of extreme sports where participants lie prone on rigid foam boards and ride the rapids. Riverboard...
Longmen Grottoes, China
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 17, 2014
Longmen Grottoes are a series of Buddhist cave temples carved into the rock on the banks of the Yi River, south of the city of Luoyang, in H...
