Random Most Beautiful Staircases on Earth (21 items)

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  (#21) Didden Village, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

  This floating staircase leads to small housing extensions on the roofs of historic houses. The extensions are all designed to provide complete privacy to each family and family member while helping to improve the densification of cities and is much lower in cost than building on the ground level. 
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  (#15) Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland, England

  This palatial-looking staircase was built in 1718 for Admiral George Delaval, though both he and the architect died before the house was completed. Since then, it has been passed down through generations of heirs, though people have lived in it only intermittently, going as long as 160 years without any occupants.
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  (#19) Sky Walk of Canton Tower, Guangzhou, China

  The longest spiral staircase in the world, this stamina-crushing, open-air staircase begins on the 32nd floor and ends on the 64th floor. The tower was briefly the tallest building in the world, surpassing the CN tower before conceding its new title to the Tokyo Skytree in 2011. 
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  (#14) Chand Baori, Abhaneri, India

  Built between the 8th and 9th centuries, Chand Baori is a 13-flight step well that was created to collect rain water, and could fill up between half and two thirds full. This one, which is the largest of its kind, is located at the front of the Harshat Mata Temple in the northern city of Jaipur.
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  (#18) Angkor Wat

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  This 12th century World Heritage Site's upper-level stairs are so steep that climbers often use their hands to hoist themselves up. 
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  (#7) Las Pozas, Xilitla, Mexico

  While these stairs to nowhere look as if they've been around for centuries, they were actually built by the English, semi-exiled poet, Edward James in 1947 during the Surrealist movement. This is just one of 36 pieces in his 20-acre sculpture garden, where he also grew orchids and housed exotic animals. Today, the grounds are undergoing new ownership and protection by the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico.

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