During this two-decade span, critics tried to ensure the Eiffel Tower would be destroyed at the end of its lease, suggesting alternate development plans for the Champ de Mars. Meanwhile ...

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.