Top 10 Tallest Freestanding Towers

This time TSS isn't doing skyscrapers, we're doing towers. Telecom or observation, this category of buildings takes architecture to a new level not often seen or admired before:

1. Tokyo Sky Tree, Tokyo, Japan

Height: 634 m (2,080 ft.)

2. Canton Tower, Guangzhou, China

Height: 600 m (1,969 ft.)

3. CN Tower, Toronto, Canada

Height: 553 m (1,815 ft.)

4. Ostankino Tower, Moscow, Russia

Height: 540 m (1,772 ft.)

5. Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai, China

Height: 468 m (1,535 ft.)

6. Milad Tower, Tehran, Iran

Height: 435 m (1,427 ft.)

7. Menara Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Height: 420 m (1,379 ft.)

8. Tianjin Radio TV Tower, Tianjin, China

Height: 415 m (1,362 ft.)

9. Henan Province Radio And Television Tower, Zhengzhou, China

Height: 388 m (1,273 ft.)

10. Central Radio and TV Tower, Beijing, China

Height: 387 m (1,268 ft.)