Jabuka, The Magnetic Island
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2015
The island of Jabuka, which means apple in Croatian, is a 97-meters-tall uninhabited volcanic island located in the Adriatic Sea, about 52 k...
Speicherstadt, The Historic Warehouse District of Hamburg
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2015
The Speicherstadt is the world's largest warehouse complex located in the port of Hamburg, within the HafenCity quarter. A city in itsel...
The City of Batman, on Batman River in Batman Province
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 6, 2015
Unless you are Turkish, Batman can mean only one thing — the DC Comics superhero with a cool utility belt who lives in Gotham City. But if y...
The Sacred Mani Stones of Buddhists
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 4, 2015
There is a particular six-syllable Sanskrit mantra or hymn that’s very sacred among Buddhist. It’s recited as om mani padme hum, which loose...
St John's Eve Bonfire in Alesund
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 4, 2015
The Feast Day of Saint John the Baptist is celebrated all over Europe and parts of the United States and Canada. The Christian holy day was ...
The Giant Sun Mirrors of Rjukan
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 3, 2015
Rjukan is a small industrial town in the municipality of Telemark, in Norway, that lies at the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of the mi...
Bous a la Mar: The Spanish Festival of Chasing Bulls to The Sea
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 2, 2015
All throughout the year, but particularly during local festivals, a number of bull-related sports and events take place all over Spain. Whil...
Koyashskoye Salt Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 2, 2015
Koyashskoye is a salt lake located on the coast of the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea, and separated from the Black Sea by a strip of land. Like ...
Mount Washington: Home of the World's Worst Weather
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 1, 2015
Mount Washington, in New Hampshire, is the highest peak in Northeastern United States and the most prominent mountain east of the Mississipp...
Ferropolis: The City of Iron
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 1, 2015
Near the city of Gräfenhainichen, in Germany, in a former open-cast mine, lie five enormous decommissioned industrial machines. There are bu...
