The Eiffel Tower — aka la Tour Eiffel — has long been one of the world's most recognizable landmarks, symbolizing the romance and charm of the City of Light. Designed as the centerpiece of the 1889 ...

a fifth-generation descendant of Gustave Eiffel, the engineer-turned-businessman who built the tower, Bloomberg got a tour and gained insight into facts (and secrets) you never knew to ask about. It ...

When the Eiffel Tower was inaugurated at the 1889 Paris Exposition, it was derided by some of the city’s leading artists as useless, monstrous and barbaric. By objective measures it was the ...