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.
The City of Big Shoulders
The Burlington is a great bar in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. The name comes from a Wisconsin town where the owners used to spend time during the summer.
Over the Chicago River are a number of bridges. Some of the busiest bridges in the world, the time to view them is at the beginning of the boating season when all of the little sailboats are taken from drydocks storage, out onto Lake Michigan.
According to the Bridges Department of the City of Chicago, a "boat run" starts around 9:30 on Wednesday's and Saturday's during the spring and fall boating season.
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.
This is one of the places visitors usually go to see when coming to Houston. It used to be Transco Tower now Williams.
Coit Tower stands atop Telegraph Hill in San Francisco's Pioneer Park, and offers fantastic views of San Francisco including the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park ("Aquatic Park"), Alcatraz, Pier 39, Angel Island, Treasure Island, the Bay Bridge, Russian Hill, the Financial District, Lombard Street, and Nob Hill.