Former world's tallest buildings

tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France

oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis; one of the seven ancient wonders of the world

skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, USA

The original World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex of seven buildings in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Built primarily between 1966 and 1975, it was dedicated on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed on September 11, 2001 after two hijacked planes were flown into the towers in a coordinated terrorist attack. The complex included the 110-story-tall Twin Towers, at the time of their completion the tallest buildings in the world, with the original 1 World Trade Center at 1,368 feet (417 m), and 2 World Trade Center at 1,362 feet (415.1 m); they were also the tallest twin skyscrapers in the world until 1996, when the Petronas Towers opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The other buildings in the complex were the Marriott World Trade Center (3 WTC), 4 WTC, 5 WTC, 6 WTC, and 7 WTC. The complex contained 13,400,000 square feet (1,240,000 m2) of office space and, prior to its completion, was projected to accommodate an estimated 130,000 people.

skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois

twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Taipei 101, formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a 508-meter, 101-story skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan. It is owned by the Taipei Financial Center Corporation. It was officially classified as the world's tallest building from its opening on 31 December 2004, until it was surpassed by the Burj Khalifa in 2009. As of 2026, it is the tallest building in Taiwan and the eleventh tallest in the world.

Roman-Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany

communications and observation tower in Toronto, Canada

building in New York City

obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Archeological site in Egypt

cathedral located in Seine-Maritime, in France

Gothic church in Germany

cathedral located in Bas-Rhin, in France

cathedral located in Lincoln in England

skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City, United States

ancient tomb in Egypt

smooth-sided pyramid

Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York

Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York

Meidum, Maydum or Maidum (, , ) is an archaeological site in Lower Egypt. It contains a large pyramid and several mudbrick mastabas. The pyramid was Egypt's first straight-sided one, but it partially collapsed in ancient times. The area is located around south of modern Cairo.

former office building in Manhattan

church building in Altstadt (Hamburg), Germany

historic building housing Philadelphia's municipal government

building in New York City

archaeological site in Israel

Historical temple in China