Eiffel Tower

I saw a picture of this in a friend’s Instagram feed and since I was driving through Texas, decided that I must see this. Only, it wasn’t anywhere along my route, so I had to drive four hours out of my way (round-​trip) to get here.
Paris, TX is a super small town with some charm, but not a whole lot to do. Which was fine because my objective was just to see the Eiffel Tower with a cowboy had.
When I arrived, I must admit I was a bit underwhelmed. This tower is really not to scale, and not as intricate a thing as I was imagining in my mind. And the tower is not really an attraction in and of itself… it’s more of an afterthought to adorn a veterans’ cemetery and memorial. So while you can do it, having a picnic in front of it is not really something to be encouraged.
Having said that, I am a big fan of tacky, corny, Americana, and this certainly qualifies. Despite being initially underwhelmed, I couldn’t help but smile while looking at the hat on top of the tower, and I stood there admiring it for sometime.
Depending on how much you enjoy road side oddities, this may or may not be worth your time. For me, driving four hours out of my way to see something truly novel was well worth the payoff of standing in front of this tower for about 15 minutes in the Texas summer heat and then driving back.
For those more rational among us, perhaps the trek out here won’t be worth it unless you have some business in Paris. To me though, this is a fun half-​day trip from Dallas.

Here’s my story; I am originally from Massachusetts, and when I was a kid, my best friend and I made a deal. We drew up a document, in pencil, and agreed to meet at the Eiffel Tower when we were adults. We picked a particular date (it was a few months ago) and figured we’d be meeting in Paris, France. However, since that time I have moved to Texas. And, the document didn’t specify the Eiffel Tower in FRANCE, just «The Eiffel Tower». There’s a Paris, Texas, they got an Eiffel Tower, my buddy flew down to visit me and we drove out to this thing to keep our deal. True story. The tower itself isn’t much to look at — maybe 3 stories high? There’s a neat war memorial right next to it. Paris Texas is a bit of a dump. We didn’t stay long, but we kept our bargain.

Something fun to go see while in Paris, TX It’s right next to the Love Civic Center and not to far from one of the entrances to the Trail de Paris. At tight the city lights it up with different colored light scheme, which was cool to see once. Its not nearly as tall as the one in Paris France or the one in Las Vegas. I think it comes in around 65 ft. tall.