Tucked away in the back of the Henry Ford Museum of Innovation in Dearborn, you’ll spot an unassuming test tube in a red glass case – our choice for the most eccentric attraction in the US. The sealed test tube is said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath, captured by Edison’s son Charles on the request of Henry Ford.

Ford once worked at the Edison Illuminating Company and struck up life-long friendship with the inventor. He also dabbled in reanimation and spiritualism, and hoped that by capturing the breath he would also capture Edison’s soul as it escaped his body.

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