Eiffel Tower's Hidden Apartment Revealed

Did you know there’s a hidden apartment at the top of the Eiffel Tower? When Gustave Eiffel

designed the tower for the 1889 World’s Fair, he secretly built himself a small

private suite near the very top — furnished with elegant wallpaper, wooden cabinets,

and even a grand piano. He used it to host scientists and VIP guests,

including Thomas Edison, who once visited and demonstrated his new phonograph

there. For decades, the apartment was off-limits to the public —

a quiet refuge in the sky that Eiffel called his “dream above the clouds.” Today,

it’s still there — fully preserved — a secret piece of