The Sidoarjo Mud Flow Disaster
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2015
In the densely populated Sidoarjo area in East Java, Indonesia, there is a huge expanse of mud, that is the result of a mud volcano that has...
These Streetlights in Jerusalem Bloom Like Giant Flowers
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2015
Tel Aviv based HQ architects has created an urban installation called “Warde” located in Vallero Square, in the heart of Jerusalem. Warde is...
The Murals of Invergordon
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2015
Invergordon is a small town and port situated on the shores of the Cromarty Firth, in Highland, Scotland. Because of its natural, deep-water...
‘Book and Bed’ is a Bookstore Themed Hostel in Tokyo
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2015
Have you ever wished you could stay at a bookstore, reading books all night long, after all the other patrons have left? If you are visiting...
The Children’s Railways of Soviet Russia
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2015
In the outskirts of Budapest, through the scenic Buda hills, run a short, narrow-gauge railway line called Gyermekvasút, which is Hungarian ...
‘Sculpture By The Sea’ 2015 on Bondi Beach
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2015
Over 100 sculptures were erected on Sydney's Bondi Beach, transforming the 2km coastal walk from Bondi to Tamarama into a temporary scul...
The Sign Post Forest of Watson Lake, Canada
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 26, 2015
One of the quirkiest attraction along the Alaska Highway is located near the town of Watson Lake, in Yukon territory, Canada. It’s a “forest...
The World’s Most Depressing Place Names
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 26, 2015
There are some really sad places on earth. Countries torn by war and violence. Countries reeling under poverty. Those places are truly depre...
A Giant Sequoia Dedicated to President George Bush
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 26, 2015
In 1992, US President George Bush (senior) stood under a giant sequoia tree inside Giant Sequoia National Monument in eastern California, an...
The Historic Blast Furnace at The Port of Sagunto
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 24, 2015
The port city of Sagunto is located on the Mediterranean Sea, in Eastern Spain, about 30 km north of Valencia. The city was found more than ...
The Historic Bridge of Plaka
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 23, 2015
The Plaka Bridge, over Arachthos River, was the largest stone one-arch bridge in Greece and the Balkans, and the third largest one-arch ston...
A Butte Called Mollie’s Nipple
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 23, 2015
Mollie's Nipple (also spelled Mollies Nipple, without an apostrophe) is a basalt-capped hill that rises more than 1,300 feet above the s...
The Lithium Mine Fields of Atacama Desert
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 23, 2015
In the wastelands of Salar de Atacama, about 700 miles north of Santiago, is a huge lithium mine field operated by Sociedad QuÃmica y Minera...
There is Nothing in Arizona
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 21, 2015
In a bare stretch of US Highway 93, between mile markers 148 and 149, stands Nothing, a small abandoned “town” with literally nothing to see...
Monte Kaolino, An Artificial Sand Hill Popular For Sand Skiing
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 21, 2015
Monte Kaolino is a 120-meters tall sand dune located in the outskirts of the city of Hirschau, in southeast Germany. It consists of approxim...
Alaska’s Giant Vegetables
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 21, 2015
The Alaska State Fair held annually in Palmer, 42 miles northeast of Anchorage, is not your regular agricultural show. Here farmers from the...
Prague’s Narrowest Street is So Narrow it Has Traffic Lights For Pedestrians
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2015
In the heart of Prague’s oldest neighborhood, the historic Mala Strana or “Little Quarter”, there is a street so narrow that it’s impossible...
Warm Blooded Plants
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2015
Between late February and May, in woodlands and wetlands throughout eastern Canada and the northeast United States, you’ll find a low growin...
The Tree of Life in Kalaloch, Washington
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2015
There is an extraordinary tree in Kalaloch beach, within Olympic National Park in Washington, that some people call “the tree of life” becau...
Eisinga Planetarium: The World’s Oldest Working Planetarium
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 19, 2015
The world’s oldest working planetarium is located in the living room of a small, two-story house in the city of Franeker, in the Netherlands...
