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Eiffel Tower
tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France
Panama Canal
large canal in Panama
Statue of Liberty
American icon in New York, United States
Hagia Sophia
mosque, museum, and former church in Istanbul, Turkey
Machu Picchu
15th-century Inca citadel in the Peruvian Andes and UNESCO World Heritage Site
Golden Gate Bridge
suspension bridge on the San Francisco Bay
Brooklyn Bridge
bridge in New York City, crossing the East River
Hoover Dam
hydroelectric dam on the Colorado River, United States
Washington Monument
obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Sydney Harbour Bridge
bridge across Sydney Harbour in Australia
Erie Canal
canal in New York State
United States Military Academy
federal service academy in West Point, New York, United States
École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
French institution of higher education and research
Aqueduct of Segovia
aqueduct bridge in Segovia, Spain
Canal du Midi
canal in Southern France
Forth Bridge
railway bridge in eastern Scotland
Newark Liberty International Airport
international airport in Newark, New Jersey
Grand Central Terminal
railway terminal in New York City
George Washington Bridge
bridge in New York City
Manhattan Bridge
bridge in New York City
Hwaseong Fortress
palace
Göta Canal
waterway in southern Sweden
Menai Suspension Bridge
bridge between Anglesey and mainland Wales
Grand Coulee Dam
concrete hydroelectric gravity dam on the Columbia River in Washington, United States
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
suspension bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland, California, USA
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
set of two parallel bridges over Lake Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana, United States
Caledonian Canal
canal in Scotland, UK
Mason–Dixon Line
surveyed border line between U.S. states of Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania
Williamsburg Bridge
bridge in New York City
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
northernmost of Mexico City‘s four "royal roads"
The Iron Bridge
bridge that crosses the River Severn in Shropshire, England.
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
airport in Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Holland Tunnel
road tunnel between Manhattan, New York and Jersey City, New Jersey in the United States
Queensboro Bridge
bridge in New York City
Vehicle Assembly Building
building used by NASA to assemble rockets at the Kennedy Space Center
First Transcontinental Railroad
first railroad in the United States to reach the Pacific coast from the eastern states
Philadelphia City Hall
historic building housing Philadelphia's municipal government
Banaue Rice Terraces
rice terraces in the Cordillera region, Philippines
Quebec Bridge
Saint Lawrence River crossing bridge, between Quebec City and Levis, Quebec
Mackinac Bridge
suspension bridge connecting Michigan's Lower and Upper Peninsulas
Alaska Highway
international highway in British Columbia and Yukon in Canada and Alaska, United States
Alaska Railroad Corporation
Class II railroad in Alaska
Zuiderzee Works
historic civil works project for land reclamation and flood control on the consequently-former Zuiderzee
tunnel of Eupalinos
ancient tunnel in the isle of Samos
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
railway opened on 15 September 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester
Ponte de D. Maria Pia
bridge in Porto, Portugal
Thames Tunnel
tunnel beneath the River Thames in London
Forth and Clyde Canal
canal in West Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom
Eddystone Lighthouse
lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, England
Zhaozhou Bridge
open-spandrel arch bridge in Hebei Province, China
Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
bridge in New York City
Victoria Falls Bridge
deck arch bridge on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe
Cape Cod Canal
artificial waterway in Massachusetts, USA, connecting Cape Cod Bay to Buzzards Bay
Muskingum River
river in Ohio, United States
Kavanagh building
residential skyscraper in Retiro, Buenos Aires
Aqua Traiana
1st-century Roman aqueduct from Lake Bracciano to Rome
Tennessee State Capitol
state capitol building of the U.S. state of Tennessee
Bayonne Bridge
arch bridge connecting Staten Island, NY with Bayonne, NJ
Conwy Suspension Bridge
Grade I listed bridge in Conwy, Wales
Guayabo National Monument
protected area in Costa Rica