Towers

A giant bird sits atop a tower at one of the largest shopping centers in Brazil.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

This tower is all that remains from a medieval fortress.

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

Ruins of an old water tower that look like a horror-film castle.

Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.

This lesser-known leaning tower is all that remains of the medieval castle of Vernazzano.

A strange-looking 18th-century tower sits on a tiny islet just off Livorno.

This tower is all that remains of the mosque that once stood in the center of the city, before it was destroyed by fire in 1941.

A perfectly preserved example of a fortified Medieval ricetto.

A crumbling watchtower and a lighthouse overlooks the site believed to be the Sirens' cliff in the "Odyssey."

This scenic fortress dates back at least 2,400 years to the time of Magna Graecia.

Despite dreams of constructing this fairytale mansion, Albert Gotthard Nestor Cedergren never saw its completion.

The tallest structure in Italy is a remote radio transmitter in Sicily.

This seventh-century fortification marked the western border of the Lombard duchy of Spoleto.