The Towers of Kaiping
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2013
Throughout Kaiping County in China, are scattered hundreds of fortified multi-storey towers called Diaolou. Built of stone, brick or concret...
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Golden Horn Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2013
Italian renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci remains one of the most famous artist, architect, engineer, scientist, naturalist and inventor fr...
Map Collages by Matthew Cusick
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2013
New York-based artist Matthew Cusick creates elaborate collages depicting humans, animals, water and landforms crafted entirely from recycl...
Dingo Fence: Australia’s 5,600Km Dog Fence
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 1, 2013
The Dingo Fence or Dog Fence is a long fence that stretches from Jimbour on the Darling Downs near Dalby through thousands of kilometers of ...
8 of the Most Scenic Train Routes
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2013
In this day and age, the act of traveling is really considered more of a means than an end. However, something is lost when we look at it th...
The Impossible Railroad
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2013
At the turn of the 20th century, during the great era of railways, each city on the western seaboard of the North American continent needed ...
The Rock Islands of Palau
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2013
Palau is an archipelago of about 250 islands, located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is its own country – the Republic of Palau, although ...
Soviet War Memorial at Mamayev Kurgan
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2013
The southern Russian city of Stalingrad, later renamed Volgograd, witnessed one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare. The heav...
The World's Steepest Cogwheel Railway at Mount Pilatus
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2013
The Pilatus railway in Switzerland connects Alpnachstad on Lake Lucerne, to a terminus near the summit of Mount Pilatus at an altitude of 2,...
Opal – The Most Spectacular Gemstone
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 25, 2013
Opal is one of the most beautiful of gemstones. These stones can flash every color of the spectrum with a brilliance that can even surpass t...
