The world’s skyline has transformed dramatically over the past few decades, with towering structures pushing the boundaries of architectural design, engineering, and imagination. From shimmering glass facades to twisting spires that touch the clouds, the tallest buildings are more than just marvels of...
The One World Trade Center, located in the Lower Manhattan part of New York City, USA comes seventh among the tallest buildings in the world while also being the tallest building outside of Asia. The building was built in the location of the former two towers of the World Trade Center, w...
How does each state stack up in the race towards the sky? This infographic byhighrises.comgives us a scaled approximation of the "height" of each state--with New York coming out on top and Vermont, well... Vermont's tallest building is an 11-story public housing project built in the ...
Steel Dragon 2000, located at Nagashima Spa Land in Mie Prefecture, Japan, is the tallest roller coaster in Asia and the longest in the world. It was initially built by D.H Morgan Manufacturing in 2000, but Bolliger & Mabillard, a Swiss manufacturing company, replaced all its working trains...
the resort on Sept. 10, 2017, bringing with it winds that reached 96 mph, all of the Disney theme parks, water parks and Disney Springs were shut down for three days. During the storm, countless trees and railings fell down, while many roofs, buildings and resort decorations were ...
A replacement for Disneyland's nightly fireworks,Mickey's Mix Magicis a "high energy projection show" featuring and celebrating Mickey Mouse himself. Images are displayed at various locations around the park including on the buildings on Main Street, on It's a Small World, and on mist screens...
" particularly in the Pioneer Square area. Some of these tunnels are open for historical and spooky tours, during which you descend into the "basements" of retail and residential buildings to reach their former ground floors/street levels, long rendered subterranean from a rebuilding effort in ...
Read:15 Tallest Buildings In The World 1. Gheorghe Muresan Gheorghe Muresan (far right) at Verizon Center in 2010 | Image Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons Height: 7 feet 7 inches Career points:3,020 Career Rebounds: 1,957 At 7 feet 7 inches, Gheorghe Mureșan remains the tallest basketball ...
The infographic also breaks down the purposes of the surveyed buildings, revealing that nearly 2% of the tallest buildings in each state arechurches!Another interesting factoid? Nearly 1/3 of these highrises are named after banks. Highrises.com...