The Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited landmarks in the world today, was once the tallest structure ever built too. At the ...

Eiffel approved the final design in 1884 ... Hitler actually ordered the military governor of Paris, Dietrich von Choltitz, to destroy the tower along with the rest of the city; fortunately ...

The second time the Eiffel Tower was almost destroyed was during the German occupation of France during World War II. Hitler planned to get rid of the tower, but never ended up going through with ...

The Eiffel Tower was almost temporary Here's a shocker ... Notre-Dame Cathedral was almost destroyed as revolutionaries looted and decapitated many of its statues, mistaking them for royalty.