Soaring seventy stories over Manhattan is the Top of the Rock, the observation deck on top of Rockefeller Center, with spectacular views of New York City.

Salvation Mountain is an adobe mountain, brightly adorned with sculpted and painted messages of God's love, as well as images inspired by hot air balloons, and nature's beauty. It rises three stories above the desert, stretching out for nearly 150 feet.

Only four stories tall, Lotrščak Tower may initially strike you as being quite small. However, the tower is built on the highest point in Gradec and on a clear day offers views of the city extending up to five miles.

Probably one of the awe inspiring sights one can have is your first glimpse or the Pyramids at Giza, Cairo Egypt. The last remaining seven wonders of the world The Great Pyramid or Khufu's pyramid which towers nearly 40 stories high is at the site.

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I walked out through the sliding doors to be met by a dying man heaped on the blacktop.