The Eiffel Tower in Paris is the source of many online rumors, one of which claims the monument grows every summer and shrinks again in winter. The Eiffel Tower does grow and contract in the ...

The Eiffel Tower was designed by the engineer Gustave Eiffel and was completed in 1889 for the Exposition Universelle (World’s Fair) held in Paris to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ...

The Eiffel Tower increases in height by a few millimetres during hot weather, but it also contracts in the winter, shrinking. This feature is related to the material used to construct it—puddle ...

Take the elevator to the top of the Eiffel ... tower twinkles for the first five minutes of every hour, lit up by 20,000 bulbs. Is it worth going to the top? If it's your first time in Paris ...

The descendants of the Eiffel Tower's designer say they will fight to stop the Olympic rings being left on the tower, as the mayor of Paris plans. The family of the legendary engineer Gustave ...

From left: Jac Eisdorfer and Ashley Brooke pose in Paris. The best friends did eventually get a photo by the Eiffel Tower, but it wasn't what they had hoped for. From left: Jac Eisdorfer and ...

What's the best way to experience the Eiffel ... tower twinkles for the first five minutes of every hour, lit up by 20,000 bulbs. Is it worth going to the top? If it's your first time in Paris ...

J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los ...