The Memory Palace

The world loved a world's fair and the exposition universal in Paris in 1889 just killed. At the center of it all was this audacious steel structure that managed to be elegant and the tallest thing on earth and unmistakably French all at once. Despite apocryphal stories of suicides and severed limbs, this Ferris wheel is bigger thrill ride than any quintuple loop open car reverse twist rocket coaster they might have at six flags. Back in 1893, you could pay your 50 cents and climb into a car right after sunset during the golden hour and experience something entirely new.