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Towers

Sapporo Clock Tower

Japan’s oldest clock tower has been called one of the country’s most disappointing attractions.

Riga Radio and Television Tower

The European Union’s tallest freestanding structure provides radio and television broadcasting to half of Latvia.

The Witches’ Tower

According to local legend, this unassuming art gallery was once used to imprison witches.

The Witch's Tower of Wales

In spite of its medieval appearance and name, this building actually dates back to the Industrial Revolution.

Bollington, England

Clayton’s Tower

Once thought to be a decorated air shaft, it might just be a castle-shaped folly.

Signal Hill Tower and Garden

A century-old tower with great harbor views in a quiet space, hidden among skyscrapers.

Torreón de Pinto (Tower of Pinto)

A mid-14th-century tower that served as a prison for Spanish nobles.

Gampola, Sri Lanka

Ambuluwawa Tower

An asymmetrically spiraling tower perched on top of a protected mountain.

New Delhi, India

Alai Minar

On the grounds of the famous Qutab Minar lies another unfinished tower meant to be twice as tall.

Cobham, England

Chatley Heath Semaphore Tower

This five-story sentinel is the sole surviving semaphore tower in Britain.

Nyborg, Denmark

Den Hvide Jomfru (The White Maiden)

Legend speaks of a banished noblewoman allegedly walled inside this little tower.

Waterville Valley, New Hampshire

The Stone Tower

Off a back road near Waterville Valley, one can find a castle turret built by an eccentric reverend over 100 years ago.

Barnsley, England

Tankersley Old Hall Ruins

The ruins of a significant 16th-century building once appeared in a 1969 film.

Cosby, Tennessee

Mount Cammerer Lookout Tower

Trek up to an abandoned fire lookout from the 1930s for an unimpeded view.

West Lafayette, Indiana

Cairo Skywatch Tower

The U.S. Air Force commissioned this tower during the Korean War to watch the sky for enemy aircraft.

Parco Naturale Regionale di Gianola e Monte di Scauri

This little visited park is a treasure trove of ancient Roman ruins.

Winding Tower of Shime Coal Mine

Japan’s only surviving winding tower.

Spire of Lloyd

“Ireland’s only inland lighthouse” is not actually a lighthouse at all.