On the Rocks: World's Cliff-Hanging Wonders
Like your views on the rocks? Check out these dramatic works of architecture, perched high on cliffs, mountains, plateaus and more. Living on the edge never looked so good.
Filed under:
Gallery Link:
Taktshang Monastery, Bhutan
At a dizzying 3,000 feet above Bhutan’s upper Paro Valley, Taktshang Monastery is the most famous Buddhist Himalayan monastery in the South Asian country. It was built in 1692, with subsequent restorations in 1958 and 2005.
Please forgive us, this gallery is really popular.
We sent a note to our support staff about the glitch you just experienced. Please click the button below to reload your content.
Featured in This Gallery
World's Wackiest Skyscrapers
Architecture reaches new heights with these outrageous skyscrapers all the way from Dubai to Ohio.
Urban Height-Seeing
It's a bird! It's a plane! No -- it's an aerial tramway, a type of incline lift in which an enclosed cabin is suspended from one cable and pulled by another.
