Victor Lustig was born in 1890 in Hostinné, a small town in Bohemia that was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. By the time he arrived in Paris in the spring of 1925, he spoke five languages ...

The world famous tourist hotspot in Paris, the Eiffel Tower, has been shut since October 2, 2025, amid nationwide strike. As demonstrators streamed from Place d’Italie toward the Eiffel Tower, its ...

A section of the landmark’s original staircase will go up for auction next month and could sell for a towering sum. Gustave Eiffel, left, and a friend on the spiral staircase of the newly built Eiffel ...