The Gregynog Hall of Tregynon
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 13, 2016
The historic Gregynog Hall in the village of Tregynon, in Wales, UK, is a large country mansion whose brilliant black-and-white timber-frame...
Paolo Ventura’s Miniature Dioramas
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 13, 2016
Italian artist Paolo Ventura began his career as a fashion photographer before he became a storyteller, building highly detailed, miniature...
Emanuel Pavao’s Colored Tape Paintings
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 13, 2016
Toronto-based artist Emanuel Pavao creates unique work out art using a medium very few have been successful with —duct tapes. Pavao uses...
Tarr Steps: An Ancient ‘Clapper Bridge’ in Somerset
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 12, 2016
In the lonely moors of Devon and in other upland areas of the United Kingdom, the ancient people had built stone bridges by placing large fl...
The Corn Palace of South Dakota
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 12, 2016
The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, is one of America’s corniest attraction. The palace is a regular building built of out of reinfor...
Whitesboro, The Village With The Most Racist Seal
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2016
Update: Residents have voted to keep the current seal rather than replace it. A few hours from now, residents of Whitesboro, in Oneida Coun...
The Babson Boulders Of Dogtown
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2016
The old community of Dogtown in Cape Ann in Massachusetts, was once home to respectable citizens. It was settled in the mid-17th century by ...
Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2016
The Sierra del Divisor region along the Peru-Brazil Border in the heart of the Amazon Basin, constitutes the world’s newest National Park, f...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 4
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 10, 2016
A collection of interesting and noteworthy articles that you may have missed, pulled out from Amusing Planet’s nearly 8-year old archives. ...
The Wedding Cake Rock, Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2016
The Wedding Cake Rock is an unusual geological formation located just north of Marley Beach near Bundeena within the Royal National Park, in...
The Iron Zoo of Coalinga
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2016
Situated 190 miles south of San Jose, California, is the small town of Coalinga — a name derived by losing the middle term from “Coaling Sta...
The Mysore Palace of India
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 8, 2016
The historical Palace of Mysore in the city of Mysore in Karnataka, southern India, is one of India’s grandest royal buildings. It was the f...
Fishing For Bicycles in Amsterdam’s Canals
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 8, 2016
Amsterdam is the most bicycle-friendly city in the world, with 40% to 60% of all trips within the city made on bikes. Some estimate that th...
The Mausoleum of The Martyrdom of Polish Villages
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2016
A beautiful new World War 2 memorial is nearing completion in Michniów in south-central Poland. Set to open in 2016, the Mausoleum of the Ma...
Chinese Village Builds Giant Golden Statue of Mao Zedong
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2016
Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People's Republic of China, was a controversial figure. His Marxist–Leninist theories, military s...
The Avalanche Protection Wall of Flateyri
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2016
Flateyri is a small fishing village located on a narrow strip of land at the edge of the sea in the picturesque Westfjords, in northwest Ice...
The Unique Flower Auction at Aalsmeer
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 6, 2016
The Aalsmeer Flower Auction or Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer in Dutch, takes place in the town of Aalsmeer in North Holland near Amsterdam Schiph...
Russky Bridge: Russia’s Billion-Dollar Vanity Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 6, 2016
Throughout the history of civilization, bridges have been constructed to connect cities across waterways and over unfavorable terrain so tha...
The Forsby-Köping Limestone Cableway
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 5, 2016
From the limestone quarry at Forsby in Vingåker municipality, to the cement factory at Köping in central Sweden, once ran one of the world’s...
Asia’s Largest Man-Made Waterfall Opens in China
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 5, 2016
The largest man-made waterfall in Asia has opened to the public in Kunming in China’s Yunnan Province. The waterfalls is 12.5 meters high an...
