Explore the Empire State Building, which held the title of the tallest building in the world for 40 years. This video delves into the building's size, intriguing facts, its interior, and the history ...

The Empire State Building is composed of 60,000 tons of steel, 200,000 cubic feet of Indiana limestone and granite, 10 million bricks, and 730 tons of aluminum and stainless steel. Click photo for ...

Built atop the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, the Empire State Building opened on March 31, 1931, and took only one year and 45 days to build, rising at 4.5 floors per week.

The Rise Tower in Saudi Arabia would be the tallest building in the world if completed, at a height of 2 kilometers.

For comparison's sake, the U.S. Bank Center building in Milwaukee is 600 feet. The Eiffel Tower is 984 feet. The Empire State Building, not including the tip, is 1,250 feet.

An asteroid was discovered in 2008 and researchers believe it’s around the same height as the Empire State Building AP. The harmless flyby is one of several encounters this week.

A coral reef looming taller than the Empire State Building was discovered in the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The New York Post reports that the underwater “edifice ...

The developer Harry Macklowe is planning a 1,551-foot-tall tower overlooking St. Patrick’s Cathedral that would join a forest of buildings that have changed New York.

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the Empire State Building. Located on Fifth Avenue between 33rd and 34th streets in Manhattan. It is 103 stories tall (1,250 feet to top floor, excluding height of antennae, ...

The Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world for 40 years. This video explores the building's size, intriguing facts, what's inside, and its historical context. Sources referenced ...