The structure known today as the Eiffel Tower was originally dubbed the Tour de 300 mètres, the 300-metre tower. The name was proposed by engineers Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nougier to Gustave Eiffel ...

Portions of the spiral staircase that originally connected the two top-most floors of Paris’s Eiffel Tower are scattered among museums and private collections around the world. As of this week, ...

The Eiffel Tower evacuated tourists after the fire alarm went off Tuesday morning, the tower's operating company said. At approximately 10:50 a.m. local time, the fire alarm went off following a short ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — One of the most popular topics of last summer’s U.S. Olympic Swim Team Trials in Indianapolis wasn’t a competitor — it was a replica of the Eiffel Tower. The 66-foot-tall, 14,000 ...

A pair of best friends visiting Paris, France, had been hoping to capture a picture of themselves against the iconic backdrop of the Eiffel Tower lit up at night, but forgot one important detail. Jac ...

The skeleton of a dinosaur was auctioned at the Eiffel Tower on Monday. Paris -- The 150 million-year-old, largely-intact skeleton of a still-unknown species of dinosaur went to auction today in Paris ...

The Eiffel Tower's glass floor isn't the only transparent walkway. Chicago's Skydeck looks down from the 99th story of the Willis Tower.

Most people expect overpriced tourist food near the Eiffel Tower. But just steps away, fresh market street food tells a ...

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 ...