World's Tallest

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

The world's tallest box hedge is found in a delightful garden.

From 135 feet high riders plunge down the world's tallest freestanding body slide at 65 mph.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

The "plyscraper" is the world's tallest building made predominantly out of wood.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

This sky-high radio mast is formerly the tallest man-made structure in the world.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

This giant Christ took first place in South America's religious arms race.

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.