The Disappearing Lake Urmia of Iran
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 30, 2015
Lake Urmia, in north-western Iran, was once one of the largest permanent saline lake in the world and the second largest in the Middle East,...
Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex: A Giant Military Complex That Was Operational For Only 24 Hours
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 30, 2015
At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet nuclear attack was a genuine threat and the United States decided that a defense program was needed ...
Hollow Heart in Watermelon
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 29, 2015
You might assume that this watermelon here has been carved by hand, but actually is completely natural. This strange condition is known as “...
The Stone Walls of Ireland
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 29, 2015
Travelling across rural Ireland from the east to the west, one thing that arouses curiosity among many first time visitors is the hundreds o...
The Pyramid Tomb of Nicholas Cage
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2015
Last time I checked, Nicholas Cage was not dead. Neither he was a Pharaoh. Yet, he has his own pyramid tomb in the thickly populated St. Lou...
The Submerged Bridge Over Biel Water in Belhaven Bay
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2015
The Biel Water is a small river running through the village of Biel to the south of Dunbar, in Scotland. It runs for 4.5 kilometers from the...
Creux du Van: A Natural Rocky Arena in Switzerland
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 27, 2015
Located on the border of the Swiss cantons of Neuchâtel and Vaud is "Creux du Van", a scenic, horseshoe-shaped limestone cliff of ...
The Unusual Salt Industry of Teguidda-n-Tessoumt
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 27, 2015
Roughly 200 km northwest of the city of Agadez, in northern Niger, lies a tiny village of around 50 families called Teguidda-n-Tessoumt. The...
The Geometry of Plants
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 27, 2015
Looking around, you might imagine that branches, leaves and flowers grow at random, haphazardly. The truth is, however, that the points at w...
Fabian Oefner’s Fascinating Photos of Paint and Motion
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2015
Swiss artist Fabian Oefner creates colorful art by harnessing scientific properties in an effort to bring our attention to the beauty of th...
Chan Chan: World’s Largest Adobe City
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2015
Located near the Pacific coast in the Peruvian region of La Libertad, 5 km west of Trujillo, Chan Chan was the largest Pre-Columbian city in...
Topiary Garden Cemetery of Tulcan
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 24, 2015
Tulcán, the capital of the province of Carchi in Ecuador, is a small city of 60,000, situated right on the border between Ecuador and Colomb...
A Restaurant With Goats On The Roof
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 24, 2015
Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant and Butik is a family owned, casual dining restaurant in the village of Sister Bay in Door County, Wisco...
Stingray City, Grand Cayman
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 23, 2015
Stingray City is an area of shallow sandbars in the North Sound of Grand Cayman, in Cayman Islands, in western Caribbean Sea. It’s Cayman Is...
Keshwa Chaca: The Last Inca Rope Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 23, 2015
Five hundred years ago when the Incas were expanding their empire over the highlands of the Andes, they developed an incredible network of r...
Furore: An Italian Village Hidden in a Fjord
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 21, 2015
Furore is a small village located in the Coast of Amalfi, in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. A long t...
Sky Habitat, Singapore’s Newest Housing Complex
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 21, 2015
Just twenty minutes north of Singapore’s bustling center, near Bishan central, a new residential development is taking shape. Designed by th...
Baldwin Street, The Steepest Street in The World
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2015
Located in the city of Dunedin, in southern New Zealand, the Baldwin Street has earned the distinction of being the steepest street in the w...
The Mysterious Libyan Desert Glass
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2015
Between the borders of Egypt and Libya is the Great Sand Sea, an enormous sandy desert that stretches about 650 km from north to south and 3...
The Humble Sources of 10 Major Rivers
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 18, 2015
The source or headwaters of a river, defined as the furthest place in that river from its estuary or confluence with another river, is an el...
