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 ...

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 ...

The summit of Paris’ iconic Eiffel Tower has been closed to visitors because of the punishing heat wave sweeping across France and the rest of Europe. “Due to the current heatwave, the Eiffel Tower is ...

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.

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 ...