NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Emma Pattee. Her debut novel, Tilt, is about a devastating earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, and one pregnant woman's quest to get back home after it.

Pete Wilda, a Fairbanks reader of this column, wanted to know how the snow here can bend off railings and loop from power ...

One benefit to seeking out more obscure landmarks: reducing wait times. Visitors to the Eiffel Tower can wait up to three ...

From the Tower of Pisa to the Leaning Tower of St. Moritz, here are a few tilted buildings from across the globe.

Travel expert Rick Steves recommends many Italian destinations, and one way to avoid Venice crowds is by heading to a small ...

Capital Gate, better known as the Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi, is the world’s furthest-leaning building. It’s tilted 18 ...

Seeing the Leaning Tower, Pisa Cathedral, the Baptistery and Camposanto are some of the popular things to do in Pisa but ...

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy The Leaning Tower of Pisa should be a disaster. It’s a poorly built tower that started tilting almost immediately after construction. And yet, here we are ...

Tower Bridge was temporarily shut down after a person climbed up the railings. The incident saw the bridge in central London being "closed to traffic and pedestrians" with the public being urged ...

LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - London's famous Tower Bridge was briefly closed to traffic and pedestrians on Monday after a person scaled the railings, the City of London Police said. Police said ...

Negotiators at Westminster have been trying to persuade a man to come down after he scaled the clock tower which houses Big Ben. This story is now outdated. The man has come down from the tower.