The Hôtel des Invalides: it's not your average hotel. No room service, but chock-full of French military swagger from the 17th century! Now it's less about R&R and more about 'oohs' and 'aahs' as a hot ticket on the Paris tourist trail.

First up, the Musée de l'Armée: an arsenal of old-timey weaponry that makes your local renaissance fair look like a game of laser tag.

Then there's Napoleon, chilling in the world's fanciest underground lair, because even in death, he’s all about the drama.

Don't miss the Musée des Plans-Reliefs, where miniature cities make you feel like a giant strategizing your next game of Risk.

And the Saint-Louis-des-Invalides church is so baroque, it's like a wedding cake turned sanctuary.

All in all, the Hôtel des Invalides is like a theme park for history buffs and anyone who ever wanted to play 'Hot Potato' with a cannonball.

Swing by the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris, the original soldier's spa from the 17th century, where the motto was "Retire like a hero, get treated like royalty." It's a history lesson wrapped in stone and the site of enough military fanfare to make a drum major dizzy.

Home to a military museum that's like an attic of armory awesomeness, you can gawk at ancient swords that have seen more action than a Hollywood blockbuster.

Napoleon's tomb? It’s so grand, you'd think he's still commanding armies from his marble HQ.

The architecture's so fancy, it's like the buildings got dressed up for a baroque ball and never left.