The Eiffel Tower was almost torn down. It has changed color seven times. A secret bunker saved the tower during World War I. A hidden floor exists for emergencies. Gustave Eiffel's apartment was a ...

Eiffel approved the final design in 1884 ... Hitler actually ordered the military governor of Paris, Dietrich von Choltitz, to destroy the tower along with the rest of the city; fortunately ...

On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower was dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by its designer, Gustave Eiffel, ...