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interior of a tent with a large carpet all around
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Tent Roof

Octagonal base with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak.

5 tepees with clouds hanging over them
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Tepees

Cone-shaped frames made out of wood that are covered with buffalo hide. The tepee (or tipi) is an American Indian home that was used by Plain tribes. Tepees originally reached 12 feet in height, but as the Plains Indian tribes began acquiring horses, they began building them twice as tall!

top of the CN tower in Toronto
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Tower

A building or part of a building that is exceptionally high in proportion to its width and length.

corner of a detailed stone home
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Turret

A corner of a building that’s typically round and seen as a small tower, but is actually part of the building.

Hallway with twisted columns
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Twisted Column

A column shaped in a twisted or spiral form.