Architecture is meant to be a physical display of human ingenuity, creating breathtaking monuments and buildings whose designs are simply to die for.  Sometimes, however, they end up becoming to die from.

(1:11) - The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Pisa, Italy)

(3:33) - The Willow Island Disaster (Willow Island, West Virginia)

(5:35) - The Iroquois Theater Disaster (Chicago, Illinois)

(9:43) - Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (Weston, West Virginia)

Sources for this episode include The Business Times, The Culture Trip, The Mirror UK, the official website of the HISTORY channel, Rome Private Guides, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Smithsonian Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, The Washingtonian, and The Charleston-Gazette Mail.

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