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Eight years after the Iraqi city was left in ruins, Mosul’s rich multicultural heritage is slowly but surely beginning to flower again ...

Oh, the Leaning Tower of Pisa — so touristy and yet so fun ... meaning that at the top, it's displaced nearly 13 feet from its bottom. Yikes! And yet, it's still architecturally sound enough ...

With the tower continuing to tilt naturally at the rate of a little over five arc seconds per year, the Italian government closes the Leaning ... top - a significant amount to engineers. The Pisa ...

Have you ever wondered if the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a catastrophe waiting to happen? In this one-minute video, Ask Smithsonian host Eric Schulze explains how architects and engineers spent the ...

I’m getting loosey-goosey just talking to you about it.” Since the financial crisis, luxury residential skyscrapers have gone ...

Tower 1 Seaport, an ambitious all-glass residential high-rise, was supposed to offer 60 stories of opulence overlooking the Financial District. But there was just one problem—the building ...

The Asinelli Tower, the taller of the two, is open to visitors who can climb its 498 steps for a panoramic view of Bologna ... even more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Built in the Middle ...

Navigate backward to interact with the calendar and select a date. Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. The Leaning Tower of Pisa $25 $500+ ...

Built on the shifting sands of a former estuary, the Leaning Tower of Pisa probably began tilting ... of movement at the top of the tower.) Soil and masonry drilling within and beneath the ...