Eiffel Tower

On a quiet street in Dalat sits a zany circus of a house. Nina Strochlic reports.

Carey shut down Disneyland and dressed like Cinderella for her anniversary—and tweeted the whole thing.

When Jimi Heselden rode his Segway off a cliff, he became the latest in a long line of unfortunates done in by their own product. The Daily Beast rounds up seven more, from the Glider King to the flying taxi inventor.

With photographs by Man Ray, Brassaï, and Ilse Bing, a new exhibition of Surrealist images from the 1920s and ’30s captures the magic and majesty of the City of Light.

In an excerpt from her new book, Jill Jonnes shows Paris on July 4, 1889—with cowboys firing guns in the air, raucous Champagne bashes, and Old Glory flying atop the brand new Eiffel Tower.