Oh, the Leaning Tower of Pisa — so touristy and yet so fun. Each day, hordes of visitors come to the small northwestern Tuscan town of Pisa to take pictures "propping up" its tower. Some do it ...

With the tower continuing to tilt naturally at the rate of a little over five arc seconds per year, the Italian government closes the Leaning Tower of Pisa ... to remember as "Black September." ...

Have you ever wondered if the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a catastrophe waiting to happen? In this one-minute video, Ask Smithsonian host Eric Schulze explains how architects and engineers spent the ...

or the world-renowned Leaning Tower of Pisa. All these destinations are justly famous, but don't forget that the region also has over 140 miles of coastline, stretching from the black sands of La ...

Built on the shifting sands of a former estuary, the Leaning Tower of Pisa probably began tilting not long after medieval laborers laid its first foundation stones. In the 800 years since ...