#51: The Origins of the Eiffel Tower
When it comes to famous landmarks, everyone knows the ones worth mentioning. Whether we learned about them in school, at college or university, or even through pop culture, many landmarks have shaped our understanding of different parts of the world.
The Eiffel Tower has always been around (or at least it has for those of us alive today), so it is hard to imagine a time when builders were constructing it. It is clear, however, that whoever began this thought process wanted the Eiffel Tower to be the biggest of its kind.