Oh, the Leaning Tower of Pisa — so touristy and yet so fun. Each day, hordes of visitors come to the small northwestern Tuscan town of Pisa to take pictures "propping up" its tower. Some do it ...

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 ...

As of June 1999, the Leaning Tower of Pisa leaned an inch less than it had at the beginning of the year. It may sound like a small step for the tower, but it's a giant leap for the Pisa Commission ...

Ten arc seconds are added to the tilt after boring both into the masonry foundations and accidentally into the soil beneath them. With the tower continuing to tilt naturally at the rate of a ...

Ancient towers provide an opportunity to witness breathtaking views from the top. These magnificent structures, located in ...

Pisa is a small beautiful city in Italy, in a few hundred meters, there are truly unique works and monuments, first of all ...

The temple city, Varanasi shelters many religious sites under its wings, none as mysteriously fascinating as the Ratneshwar ...