The Old Mill of Vernon
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 23, 2016
The Old Mill (Le Vieux-Moulin, in French) in the commune of Vernon, in northern France, is a 16th century flour mill constructed on top of a...
The Pigment Library at Harvard
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 23, 2016
A piece of rare lapis lazuli stone from quarries in Afghanistan, secretions from on ocean-dwelling snail Bolinus brandaris , dried bodies of...
The Boiling River of Mayantuyacu, Peru
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 20, 2016
Deep in the Amazon rainforest, in Mayantuyacu, Peru, flows a river so hot its water actually boils. The locals call it “Shanay-timpishka” wh...
The Forgotten Desert Libraries of Chinguetti
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 19, 2016
The ancient desert town of Chinguetti, in Mauritania, on the western edge of the Sahara, has changed little since it was founded more than t...
Diana Beltran Herrera’s Realistic Paper Birds
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 19, 2016
These stunning paper birds were created by Columbian artist Diana Beltran Herrera using nothing but a few colored papers, glue and a pair o...
Fantasy Canyon, Utah
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 19, 2016
Fantasy Canyon is located about 25 miles south of Vernal, in northeastern Utah, United States. This small area, which is not really a canyon...
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, And its Claim to ‘The World’s Longest Bridge’ Title
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 18, 2016
If you look at the list of the longest bridges in the world , you will notice that the top positions are dominated by Asian countries, espec...
Brent Christensen’s Amazing Ice Castles
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 18, 2016
Brent Christensen is the founder of Ice Castles , an Utah-based company specializing in creating lofty ice castles by carefully orchestratin...
Artist Creates Large GPS Doodles by Cycling Around City
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 17, 2016
When Canadian artist and fitness junkie Stephen Lund began tracking his cycling routes using GPS, he saw a potential to be creative with the...
The Staircase of The King of Aragon
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 17, 2016
The Staircase of The King of Aragon (Escalier du Roi d’Aragon, in French) is a stony staircase carved into the vertical side of a limestone ...
