Industrial
22 buildings
Eiffel Tower
Stands 1,083 feet tall, was the tallest structure for 41 years. 7,300 tons of iron held to...
Statue of Liberty
A gift from France, designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The framework was engineered b...
Sagrada Familia
Designed by Antoni Gaudi, still unfinished after 140 years. Scheduled completion is 2026. ...
Fallingwater
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright over a waterfall. The cantilevered terraces extend 15 feet ...
Christ the Redeemer
Stands 98 feet tall on a 26-foot pedestal atop Corcovado mountain. Arms stretch 92 feet wi...
Golden Gate Bridge
Spans 1.7 miles across the Golden Gate strait. The towers stand 746 feet tall. The cables ...
Sydney Harbour Bridge
The widest long-span bridge in the world at 160 feet. Contains 6 million rivets. The arch ...
Alcatraz
Located on an island in San Francisco Bay. Held 1,576 prisoners over 29 years. Al Capone w...
Mount Rushmore
Features the faces of 4 presidents carved into granite. Each face is 60 feet tall. Sculpto...
Cologne Cathedral
Took 632 years to complete, the longest construction of any building. The twin spires reac...
Neuschwanstein Castle
Built by Mad King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Over 61 million visitors since opening. The inspir...
Empire State Building
Built in 410 days during the Great Depression. 1,454 feet tall with 102 floors. Over 30 pe...
Chrysler Building
Briefly the tallest building at 1,046 feet before the Empire State surpassed it. The Art D...
Great Mosque of Djenne
The largest mud-brick building in the world. The present structure dates to 1907 on a site...
Big Ben
The great bell and clock tower of the Palace of Westminster. The tower rises 316 feet abov...
Tower Bridge
A combined bascule and suspension bridge over the Thames. High walkways connect its two to...
Arc de Triomphe
The tallest triumphal arch in the world at 164 feet. Commissioned by Napoleon after his vi...
Palais Garnier
The opera house that inspired The Phantom of the Opera. Its grand staircase is a stage in ...
Villa Savoye
A manifesto of modernist architecture by Le Corbusier. Raised on slender pillars called pi...
Brooklyn Bridge
The first steel wire suspension bridge ever built. Its main span stretches 1,595 feet over...
Hoover Dam
A concrete arch-gravity dam in Black Canyon. The largest concrete structure on Earth when ...
Glass House
The Glass House by Philip Johnson, his own home for 56 years. Transparent walls face the l...