Discusses the principles of architecture and the development of building techniques from the Stone Age through the Renaissance, emphasizing such monuments as the Pyramids, Stonehenge, the Parthenon, and the Great Wall.
A brief miscellany of legendary and mythical beasts, including dragons, Centaurs, Scylla and Charybdis, the Sirens, the Loch Ness Monster, the Abonimable Snowman, Bigfoot, and King Kong.