News about Napoleon III

In the 17th and 18th centuries, pineapples were one of the most expensive commodities in the world. They could cost around £60 each (nearly £10,000 today). They were never eaten. Instead, wealthy people would hire them for display on their dinner-party tables. You can see lots of the fruit ­displayed on top of buildings and metal fence posts all over London, as well as atop the Wimbledon men's trophy, as a reminder of their value.

Many destinations have tales to share, some more disturbing than others, as these hotels show. DailyMail.com has investigated some of the hotels around the world that used to be brothels, with some contributing to their scandalous past and others trying to bring it to the forefront. One former former bordello in Lisbon, Portugal, has completely adopted the harlots' rooms, with visitors encouraged to 'inhabit the harlots' rooms,' and polyamorous couples are now available.

Two of the three Victorian sea forts built to shield the United Kingdom from French invasion in the 1800s and later converted into luxury hotels by the Dreams bed tycoon have failed to sell and have gone back on the market for £4.5 million less. Horse Sand Fort, No Man's Fort (left and right), and Spitbank Fort (top right, inset) were ordered by Britain's first-time Prime Minister Lord Palmerston amid questions regarding Napoleon III and his naval forces' nefarious abilities. Mike Clare, the founder of Dreams Bed Company, bought the forts in 2009, but while Horse Sand Fort was sold to a private owner in 2021, Spitbank Fort and No Man's Land Fort remain in need of new owners. Mr Clare saved no money by turning the two forts into exclusive hotel retreats, with Spitbank opening to guests in 2012 and No Man's Fort in 2015.

For its stunning scenery, a group of islands that can be reached from the United Kingdom without a flight have been compared to the Bahamas. Les Iles Chausey - a ten-miles east-west coast of France and the south of Jersey - is made up of 52 islands. As the tide goes out twice a day, it rises to up to 365 islands.

Slang, expressions, and references to pop culture and trends are among her quick style videos. Here, DailyMail.com explains just what the day is like and how it is celebrated in both the United States and Mexico.

Heidi and Anthony Muir (left with their three children after selling their Kent home) sold their £600,000 four-bedroom semi in Allington, Kent's northwest village, for £370,000 grand chateau (right) and the surrounding grounds. On Channel 4's website, the nine-bedroom estate in central France (insets: inside the chateau) that served as a French Resistance headquarters during the Second World War has been shown three times before buying it. Heidi, 55, and Anthony, 53, have revived life in Chez Jallot, where they are running a bed and breakfast operation.