The Eiffel Tower is Paris' most recognizable tourist destination, but traveling to see the iconic tower in person does have some drawbacks.

It's impossible to think of Paris without picturing the Eiffel Tower. The world-famous attraction turns 128 years old on March 31, marking the date it was completed for the 1889 Exposition Universelle ...

To mark the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, Paris hosted the 1889 World’s Fair (Exposition Universelle). Hoping to be considered for the high-profile project, artists from around the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To give an idea of how light the tower is, its weight of 7,300 tonnes is close to the weight of the volume of air contained within ...

The Eiffel Tower was used as an antenna during World War I. In March 1918, the Eiffel Tower intercepted a coded German radiogram. After it was deciphered, the French successfully avoided German attack ...

Everyone dreams of seeing the Eiffel Tower in Paris, right? But what if we told you a super-smart conman actually 'sold' this ...

The Eiffel Tower, one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, experienced an evacuation after a fire alarm was triggered on Thursday morning. The Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE) ...

Paris' iconic Eiffel Tower was illuminated in blue and yellow on Aug. 24 to mark the 35th anniversary of Ukraine's ...

The Eiffel Tower is an iconic cultural landmark of France. France today is unimaginable without the Eiffel Tower. Initially criticised by a section of French artists and intellectuals for its design, ...

You do not always need days or weeks to make a trip truly memorable. With the right itinerary and a little planning, even a ...

The famous Paris landmark has been fitted with two new wind turbines that generate enough electricity to power the commercial areas of its first floor. France’s most recognisable landmark, the iron ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eiffel chose puddled iron for its construction, a material he knew well and had used in previous projects with good results. This ...