Towers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Japan’s only surviving winding tower.

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

The bright-orange, crane-shaped tower offers panoramic views and showcases the city’s maritime identity.

This bellfry was once said to be the Devil’s lair—or perhaps the home of a mischievous gnome?

Built in 1890, this is the last remaining wooden fire bell tower in the United States.

This abandoned Brutalist tower looming over the M6 Motorway once featured a restaurant.

A medieval tower, dating back to the 12th century, lingers in the Roman countryside.

Scale the heights of this 100-foot play space shaped like a ferocious dragon.

This 820-foot-high spiral ramp is a walkway to the sky.