Click to enlarge. Photo by Walker DeVille

You take your landmarks where you can find them in Charleston, even if they are Lilliputian versions of the real thing, like the Cafe Paris’ nod to the Eiffel Tower on its wall facing Quarrier Street. Did you know: many Parisians hated the Le Tour Eiffel when it first opened in March 1889. Guy de Maupassant is said to have eaten lunch regularly at the Tower’s restaurant — when asked why since he apparently shared the view that it was an eyesore, he replied that it was the one place in Paris where you couldn’t see the Tower.

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