Ben Franklin slept there.

We at clunkyrobot.com are big fans of Benjamin Franklin, in fact... We, and by "we" I mean "I," have been waging a quiet but persistent campaign to name a possible first child of ours Ben Franklin, first name Ben, middle name Franklin. When people meet that kid, and figure his name out... it'll blow they're freaking minds, at least... It will in the scenario I have played out in my mind. Anyway it's been a hard sell to my special lady friend. Maybe I'll name our next dog that...

I grew up near Philadelphia, in what I would call "The Cradle of America." You can't walk 2 miles without running into a historical signpost for Ben Franklin's Fire Department, or some other founding father's beach-house.

What many people don't know about Ben Franklin is that he worked for England. He was the British appointed Postmaster General for The Colonies. He worked closely with The Crown, and he lived in London for quite a while leading up to the Revolutionary War. He often talks about how much he loved London, mostly because of the people who lived there with him, his neighbors. It was especially hard for Franklin to come back to America, knowing that his principles would lead him into a war that would banish him from his favorite city forever.

Well, Franklin's only standing long term residence located in London has been turned into a museum. Complete with his original workshop where he experimented with electricity.