I wrote on the most famous churches and most unique churches from around the world, and it’s time to list the tallest churches in history. Not surprising, the 10 tallest church buildings in the world are almost exclusively from Europe: 9 out of the 10 are European, and the other is from Africa. Another interesting fact is that out of the 10...
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The following is a list of the 10 highest Bungee Jumps in the world. While Bungee jumps can be made from both fixed objects (bridges, dams, cliffs) and from movable object (hot air balloons, helicopters), this list contains only fixed objects 1. Royal Gorge Bridge, Colorado, United States – 321 meters (1,053 ft). The Royal Gorge Bridge is...
To celebrate our 100th post, we’ll list the 10 best posts of 10MostToday.com. Like many of our 10-best lists, this is a subjective list composed of the editors’ picks, the most shared and liked posts, and the most visited posts. So without further ado, here are our top posts: 1. 10 Most Amazing Ghost Towns 2. 10 Most Unusual Flowers In...
This is a list of the world’s highest public bridges. The height of the bridge is ranked by the height of the deck which is the maximum distance from the road of the bridge down to the ground or water beneath. In other words, when you drive in your car over the bridge and look down – how far does the ground look. This list of highest...
1. El Toro, Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey The fastest wooden roller coaster in the world, opened to the public on June 11, 2006. When it opened, it had the steepest drop of any wooden roller coaster in the world at 76 degrees, until the record was broken in 2008 by one degree. Overall, its structure height of 181 feet (55 m) is ranked...
The following list contains the 10 tallest dams in the world. Other methods of comparing dams is by their volume or by the volume of the reservoir they create. 1. Nurek Dam, Tajikistan – 300 m (980 ft). The tallest dam in the world, located on the Vakhsh River is an earth-fill embankment dam. Construction of the dam began in 1961 and was...
The engineering definition of a tower is a tall man-made structure, always taller than it is wide, meant for regular access by humans, but not for living in or office work. These towers are often observation towers, radio towers or TV towers. The following list contains the tallest towers in the world. If you’re looking for the list tallest...
This is a list of the tallest buildings in the world. This means that the list only include man-made structures that are meant for living in or office work, and does not include towers like radio towers or observation towers. For a list of the tallest towers in the world – click here (this list was last updated in June 2016) 1. Burj Khalifa...
1. Mount Everest, Himalaya The highest mountain in the world peaks at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft). The international border between China and Nepal runs across the precise summit point. 2. K2, Baltoro Karakoram The second highest mountain in the world and the only one outside the Himalayas in the top 10 highest mountains, with a peak of 8,611 meters...