We thought that elevator zipping us to the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower was fast, but this one in the Taipei 101 building has been named the world’s fastest by the Guinness Book of World Records.

Alex Honnold finished the highest "free solo" climb of an urban structure in history, scaling Taipei 101's 1,667 feet in just ...

More: Learn how to survive a plummeting elevator. We live in a vertical world. Despite suburban sprawl, most of Earth's population is packed into cities that have nowhere to go but up. With ...

For six years it was the tallest building in the world, and today it stands as an iconic symbol of Taiwan. Not only is it known for its unique design and incredible New Year's Eve fireworks display, ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Pacific Ocean's "Ring of Fire" doesn't sound like the best place to put up a skyscraper, and certainly not the world's tallest. In addition to the earthquakes that often hit this ...