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 ...

NILES, Ill. (CBS) -- Four years after its membership facilities closed at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the vacant Leaning Tower YMCA in north suburban Niles is poised to be demolished in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Their instruments ring out from iconic places like the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Vatican. The workshop has survived nearly 1,000 years of wars and hardship, but it's a crisis of faith that is ...

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 ...