Ailsa Craig And Its Curling Stones
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 15, 2015
Ailsa Craig is a small granite island in the Firth of Clyde, about 16 kilometers off the coast of Scotland. The island, also known as “Paddy...
America's Smallest "National Forest" in Adak
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 15, 2015
Adak Island, located near the furthest tip of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, is one of the southernmost westernmost island of the United S...
Eric Pickersgill Removes Smartphones From Photos to Show Our Extreme Device Addiction
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 14, 2015
American photographer Eric Pickersgill’s new photo series titled “ Removed ” shows people in everyday life absorbed with their digital devic...
The Cement Mixer Space Capsule of Winganon
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 14, 2015
Along a lonely stretch of road between the small villages of Talala and Winganon in the US state of Oklahoma, lies what appears to be an aba...
Hangar One of Mountain View, California
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 13, 2015
One of the most recognizable landmarks of California's Silicon Valley is a huge steel-framed airship hangar, known as Hangar One, that s...
The Kerio Crater Lake in Iceland
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 13, 2015
The Kerio Crater Lake (sometimes spelled Kerid) is located in the GrÃmsnes area in south Iceland, and is one of the most photogenic volcanic...
The Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 13, 2015
The Bridge of Flowers is a flower laden bridge located in the village of Shelburne Falls in Massachusetts, USA. The 400-feet concrete bridge...
The Unusual Border of Märket Island
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 12, 2015
Märket is a small 3.3-hectare lump of rock located in the passage joining the Gulf of Bothnia to the Baltic Sea, between Sweden and Finland....
Hail Cannon: A Gun That Allegedly Controls Weather
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 12, 2015
Ever since men abandoned their nomadic life and started growing their own food, they have been trying to influence the weather. That simply ...
‘Trans Am Totem’ And ‘Spindle’: The Art of Stacking Cars
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 10, 2015
At a traffic median in the busy urban intersection of Quebec Street and Milross Avenue, near False Creek, in Vancouver, stands a 10-meters h...
The Tree That Owns Itself
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 10, 2015
At the intersection of Dearing Street and Finley Street, in a quiet residential neighborhood near downtown Athens, in the state of Georgia, ...
The Ninety Mile Beach, Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 8, 2015
There are a lot of long and straight things in Australia: a 145-km stretch of road without a turning, a 478-km stretch of dead-straight rai...
Timgad: An Ancient Roman City With a Very Modern Grid Design
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 8, 2015
The ruins of Timgad lies on the slopes of the Aures Massif, about 35 km east of the town of Batna, in modern-day Algeria. Built nearly 2,000...
Bacterial Art on Petri Dishes
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 8, 2015
The American Society for Microbiology launched its first ever Agar Art contest, inviting microbiologists to unleash their hidden creative ge...
Rollstone Boulder: The Rock That Was Exploded in Order to Preserve
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 7, 2015
On a traffic island in downtown Fitchburg, Massachusetts, stands a 110-ton granite boulder, known to locals as “the Rollstone Boulder”. The ...
Bodegas Irache’s Wine Fountain
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 7, 2015
Bodegas Irache is a winery located in the small Spanish town of Ayegui, at the foot of the Mount Montejurra, only two kilometers from the me...
The Bulford Kiwi
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 6, 2015
On the gentle slope of Beacon Hill above the military town of Bulford, close to Salisbury Plain in the English county of Wiltshire, there is...
Progreso Pier, The World’s Longest
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 6, 2015
The port city of Progreso, in the Mexican state of Yucatán, boasts of the longest pier in the world. Built with reinforced concrete, the pie...
Sansha: A City That Includes Almost an Entire Ocean
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 5, 2015
On July 2012, China announced a new prefecture-level city called Sansha whose seat of administration lies on what it calls Yongxing Island, ...
Ilha da Queimada Grande, The Snake Island
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 5, 2015
Ilha da Queimada Grande, nicknamed Snake Island, is a 430,000-square-meter island located about 33 km off the coast of the state of São Paul...
