Adventurer wants new list of Seven Wonders Sunday Gazette-Mail | February 19, 2006| | Copyright 2006 Sunday Gazette-Mail. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

CHICAGO - In a way, the structures were just waiting for this. They passed centuries in glorious esteem, sheltering kings from time to time, inspiring postcard photographers. Think of the vaguely disquieting statues at Easter Island, the luminous marble of the Taj Mahal, the stately Athenian Acropolis and the intimidatingly vast Great Wall of China.

They're beyond landmarks. Many are official World Heritage Sites, recognized both as lovely and significant by the United Nations. Still, there's something missing, a sense of incomplete acknowledgment.

It's this, says Swiss-born ...

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