Would you like to visit places that are really different—places where
you can see a tower that tips, or the oldest city in the world, or the
world\’s longest front porch?
The next few pages will tell you about some of the queer, quaint, and
curious places in many different parts of the world.
THE FALLING TOWER
You can see a bell tower that leans in the town of Pisa, Italy. What does it lean against? Nothing. It’s called the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and it’s been leaning more and more ever since it was built…
AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLIN’ DOWN
This drawing shows priests carrying the sacred Ark of the Covenant while the walls of Jericho fall. The Bible tells the story of a great battle in which Joshua, a leader of the Jews, made his…
THE HOUSE THAT ALEX BUILT
One clay, a man named Alex Jordan was wandering around a hilly countryside in Wisconsin, when he saw a huge rock. It was as tall as a thirty-story skyscraper, and it was shaped like a giant chimney….
THE EIFFEL OF PARIS
Do you know where you can get an “eyeful” of Paris? From the top of the Eiffel Tower, of course. But the name and the view only sound alike. The Eiffel Tower is named for Alexandre Eiffel, a great…
