Decorated Mud Houses of Tiébélé, Burkina Faso
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2013
In the south of Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in west Africa, near the border with Ghana lies a small, circular village of about 1.2 he...
Okunoshima Rabbit Island
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 16, 2013
Ōkunoshima is a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan between Hiroshima and Shikoku. During World War II the island used to be a t...
“Bridge to Nowhere” in Whanganui National Park, New Zealand
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 16, 2013
One of the most visited attractions in Whanganui National Park, New Zealand, is the “Bridge to Nowhere” - an abandoned and isolated concret...
Panmunjom, The Only Place Where Tourists Can Get Shot
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 15, 2013
Panmunjom is located in the most sensitive area of Korea's demilitarised zone. It’s the only tourist destination where visitors are requ...
Amsterdam, the City of Bicycles
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2013
Amsterdam is one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world, with an estimated 800,000 bikes within the capital. In contrast, the city...
The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2013
Roopkund is a glacial lake located at an altitude of about 5,029 metres in Uttarakhand, a state in India. When the ice melts, hundreds of hu...
Runit Dome: The Radioactive Trash Can on Enewetak Atoll
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 13, 2013
Since World War II, the United States has conducted over 1,000 nuclear tests mostly at Nevada Test Site and the Pacific Proving Grounds in ...
The Doomed Village of Doel And Its Amazing Street Art
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2013
Doel is a 700 year old village situated near the river Scheldt in Belgium, that is currently facing the threat of demolition. Its only crime...
The Inhabited Volcanic Island of Aogashima, Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2013
Aogashima is a small, tropical volcanic island in the Philippine Sea, under the administration of Tokyo despite being located some 358 kilom...
Old Airplane Turned Into a Kindergarten
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 8, 2013
In the Georgian city of Rustavi, an old but fully functional Yakovlev Yak-42 aeroplane has been transformed into a kindergarten classroom. H...
