The Village of Niles, Illinois began demolishing the Leaning Tower YMCA building Monday.The Y building is composed of a ...

NILES, Ill. (WLS) -- The Village of Niles is set to demolish the former Leaning Tower YMCA residential building on Monday.

This architectural curiosity is a precise half-scale version of Italy's famous Pisa tower, rising 94 feet tall with a 28-foot diameter and leaning a significant 7.4 feet, according to the town's ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Leaning Tower of Pisa and its 5.5-degree lean has vexed engineers for centuries. Partially constructed on unexpectedly soft soil, the ancient bell tower began to lean before it was even ...

Galileo put his theories of physics to the test with the incredible Leaning Tower of Pisa. Well, today is National Physics ...

When we talk about buildings that tilt captivatingly, you might immediately think of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. But there are lots of buildings that slope, some quite alarmingly ...

When it comes to leaning towers, Italy’s Tower of Pisa immediately comes to mind for many. Beyond this famous tilting icon, the world is full of peculiar structures like it – from church ...

the Italian government closes the Leaning Tower of Pisa, sparking outrage by Pisan officials, who fear the loss of tourist revenue and the resulting impact on the local economy. The closure was ...