Eiffel Tower, Paris, Texas Postcard

The Eiffel Tower replica in Paris, Texas, isn't the tallest replica in the world, but it's the only one sporting a cowboy hat. Following a tradition of American cities named "Paris", Paris, Texas constructed a 65-foot (20 m) replica of the Eiffel Tower in 1993. Paris, Tennessee, dedicated an Eiffel Tower replica in the same year that was 60 feet tall. (The Tennessee version was moved from Memphis and refurbished in its new Paris location.) The cowboy hat insures that the Paris, Texas, tower stands taller. Both replicas are dwarfed by the 540-foot-tall Eiffel Tower replica along the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, built in 1999. The original in Paris, France, is 984 feet tall. Paris, Texas, residents call their city the "Second Largest Paris in the World." Their city is county seat of Lamar County, Texas, in northeast Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 25,171. It is situated in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods, and 98 miles (158 km) northeast of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex.