With 10,500 participants and about 200 National Olympic Committees preparing for a great event from July 26 to August 11, the hype for the Paris ... high replica of the iconic Eiffel Tower.

To reach Paris's Eiffel Tower, Nurzhigit Abrahman had to zig-zag through treacherous mountain passes and avoid an avalanche ...

architecture reminiscent of the Paris Opera and the Louvre, and the pièce de résistance – a 46-story, half-size replica of the Eiffel Tower. Tickets to the tower's observation deck cost $25 ...

This includes a half-scale version in Las Vegas, Nevada, and a full-scale replica in Tokyo, Japan. Fittingly, the one in Paris, Texas, has a cowboy hat on top. 8. The Eiffel Tower shrinks when it ...

and Paris, Texas, the design wasn’t without its critics. A "Protest against the Tower of Monsieur Eiffel” letter, signed by the likes of playwright Guy de Maupassant (who famously dined at the ...