Les Invalides: The Haunted Home of Napoleon’s Tomb

No visit to Paris is truly complete without time spent in Les Invalides. This complex of buildings in the 7th Arrondissement contains museums, mausoleums and military mementoes - all dedicated to the role that France and the French have played in the history of warfare. Lauren Axelrod takes us on a tour around this amazing site.

The place was founded in the seventeenth century, so as you can imagine with a country with such a rich history, Les Invalides can take a substantial amount of time to cover. However, the trip is well worthwhile as even if you are not a fan of military history this remarkable place gives you a glimpse in to the very essence of the French national character.

Lauren is no stranger to history - and by that I am not taking a pop at her age, believe me. If you would like to see more of her work, then take a trip over to her excellent blog, The Ancient Digger.

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The 10 Weirdest U.S. Museums

If you're in the US and didn't know there are so many odd museums all over the country, it's time for a road trip. For those outside, here's an even better reason to visit the country and see what are the downright weird attractions.

The 10 Weirdest U.S. Museums. Via: Presurfer

The Rewind Museum

The Rewind Museum has a good collection of old technology. It is unique in that it covers a wide range of vintage consumer electronics and concentrates on manufacturers first achievements. e.g. first VCR, first laser player etc. LINK

Museum Of Unworkable Devices

The Museum of Unworkable Devices is a celebration of fascinating devices that don't work. It houses examples of the perverse genius of inventors who refused to let their thinking be intimidated by the laws of nature, remaining optimistic in the face of repeated failures.

Watch and be amazed at the eccentric and even intricate perpetual motion machines that have remained steadfastly unmoving since their inception. Marvel at the ingenuity of the human mind, as it reinvents the square wheel in all of its possible variations. Exercise your mind to puzzle out exactly why they don't work as the inventors intended. LINK

Sergey Tyukanov Museum Of Art

Sergey Tyukanov was born May 17, 1955, in Poronaisk, in the Sakhalin Region in Russia. In 1981 he graduated from the Khabarovsk Teacher's Training Institute, Artist Graphic Department and received his Master's Degree. Since then he has lived and worked in Kaliningrad as a free artist.

Take a look at his work in his virtual museum. LINK

Eight Museums You Won’t Be Bored By

Mütter Museum, Philadelphia, Pa.



There’s all kinds of bizarre stuff, from a tumor removed from Grover Cleveland’s jaw to a corpse that turned into soap to a plaster cast of Siamese twins.
It’s really fascinating stuff. The museum itself is located in a really unassuming building of the College of Physicans of Philadelphia,Pa. LINK