Here’s a wee travel tip – if you’re ever in Italy, skip the tower of Pisa.

That famous leaning landmark is much smaller in person.

And what the postcard doesn’t show is that it’s not even leaning of its own accord anymore!

You can see where the structure’s been reinforced to keep it standing, which feels like a bit of a cheat.

The marvel was in its riskiness, its inevitable eventual collapse. But there’s nothing thrilling about a fenced-in, squint tower that’s been preserved to the point of parody.

Overall, it’s an overhyped disappointment.

Still, I’m not here just to trash talk one of northern Italy’s biggest tourist traps.

I got to thinking about my long-ago visit to Pisa when I saw recent discussions about the future of a landmark much closer to home – the under-threat Broughty Castle.

The castle has almost the exact inverse of the Pisa Problem.

With five varied floors of art and historical curios, all held in a remarkably built structure, it’s much,

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