Paris' famous moniker as the City of Lights is exemplified by none other than it's most enduring landmark. Starting at dusk, thousands of strobe lights sparkle on the Eiffel Tower at the top of each hour.
Underneath the Eiffel Tower at night is spectacular...! Everything is nicely illuminated and the view through the central opening amazing!
The Eiffel Tower looks good at any time of the day... at night it seems to take on a life of it's own...
As the trademark of Paris, and one of the most visually stunning structures in the world, the Eiffel Tower gets over 6,000,000 visitors each year.
Landmark television transmitter atop Twin Peaks in San Francisco. Naturally, there's no public access to the tower itself, but the hilltops are easily accessible by car and afford unparalleled views of The City.
An uncle had told us that while in Kuala Lumpur we must visit the Menara Tower. We did it mainly for the views, but were nicely surprised with everything else we discovered.
The BT Tower is an iconic part of the skyline of London.
Burana Tower, located about an hour east of Bishkek near the city of Tokmok, is all that remains of the ancient city of Balasagyn, once the thriving capital of the Karakhanid Empire. Apparently, at its height, the city manufactured exquisite glass and ceramics, had an elaborate city-wide irrigation/plumbing/sewer system built with fired-clay pipes, was home to scholars, poets and numerous religions (although in its later years it became a Muslim city), it was home to fierce warriors – male and female – and it was a major stop on one of the Silk Road routes (from the Torugart Pass out of China, past Lake Issyk-Kul through what is now Bishkek before heading further westward.
Renaissance Tower, located at 1201 Elm Street in downtown Dallas, Texas is a 56-story modern-styled skyscraper. It is the second tallest skyscraper in Dallas.