A Fictional Space Exploration Society Made Using Paper
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2015
Discoverer's Alliance is a whimsical series by paper artist Owen Gildersleeve and photographer Benedict Morgan. Disguised as a document...
The Balloonfest of 1986 in Cleveland
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2015
In 1986, the United Way of Cleveland in Ohio decided to organize a fundraising event and at the same time break the world record for the mos...
The Roundabouts of Great Britain
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2015
Kevin Beresford is the President of The United Kingdom Roundabout Appreciation Society, an odd group of people who meet in and around Reddit...
The Enchanted Highway, North Dakota
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2015
The Enchanted Highway is a 32-mile stretch of highway starting at Exit 72 on Interstate 94, about 20 miles east of Dickinson, in the southwe...
The Buffalo Jumps of North America
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2015
For thousands of years the natives of North America hunted the bison. These people became entirely dependent on the animal for their livelih...
IJsseloog: A Sludge Storage Tank in the Middle of a Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2015
IJsseloog, or the “Eye of IJssel”, is an enormous circular pit in the middle of Ketelmeer lake in the mouth of the river IJssel, in the prov...
Coober Pedy: An Australian Town That Lives Underground
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 20, 2015
Coober Pedy is a small town in northern South Australia, 850 kilometers north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. On the surface, the place l...
The Dragon Like Legs of Dong Tao Chicken
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2015
A rare Vietnamese chicken breed called the Dong Tao, prized for its delicious meat, has one of the most thickest legs usually not seen among...
The United Tower in Bahrain Bay Looks Like a Drill Bit
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2015
A dramatically twisting tower is being developed in Bahrain which will house a five-star hotel of the Wyndham Hotel Group scheduled to open ...
Sphere Within Sphere by Arnaldo Pomodoro
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 18, 2015
The Sphere Within Sphere, also known as Sfera con Sfera, is a series of sculptures created by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro depicting an...
Iceland Opens Man-Made Ice Tunnel in Langjokull Glacier
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 18, 2015
The world’s largest man-made ice tunnel was recently dug out on the western slopes of one of the biggest glaciers in Iceland - Langjokull. T...
The 5Pointz Graffiti Building in Long Island
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2015
5Pointz was an outdoor art exhibit space at 45–46 Davis Street in Long Island, New York City, where colorful murals were exhibited on the ex...
The 1,600 Stone Pillars of Lovamahapaya
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2015
Lovamahapaya was an ancient building located between Ruvanveliseya and Sri Mahabodiya in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, 200 km...
Noorderlicht: The Ice-bound Ship Hotel
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 16, 2015
Noorderlicht, or Northern Lights in Dutch, is a two-masted schooner that spends the summer taking tourists around the Arctic region, particu...
The Nutty Narrows Bridge for Squirrels
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 16, 2015
When human progress clashes with nature and wildlife habitat, it becomes necessary to provide a safe haven for animals in the form of wildli...
Adhesive Tape Street Art by Buff Diss
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 15, 2015
Melbourne-based street artist Buff Diss creates beautiful graffiti art, not by using spray paint and stencils, but adhesive tapes. Because ...
The Ottery Tar Barrels Burning Festival
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 15, 2015
Every year on November 5th, for reasons lost in antiquity, the villagers of Ottery St Mary, Devon in England’s West Country race through the...
China’s Air Pollution And Scrapped Vehicles
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 15, 2015
China has been cracking down on high-emission vehicles in an effort to reduce pollution, leading to an increase in the number of recycling c...
Nauru: An Island Country Destroyed by Phosphate Mining
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2015
Nauru is a small island country, a speck in the Pacific Ocean, with an area of only 21-square-kilometers. It is the smallest state in the So...
Murphy's Haystacks
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2015
Murphy’s Haystacks are a group of ancient, wind-worn rock of pink granite located between Streaky Bay and Port Kenny on the Eyre Peninsula i...
