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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 9605600" data-attributes="member: 54629">Huh. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, it's the "<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/the-worlds-worst-waxworks-louis-tussauds-niagara-falls-20171003-gyt8hi.html" target="_blank">world's worst waxworks</a>"!"The Tussaud name is above the waxwork museum in Niagara Falls. But it is Louis Tussaud's, rather than Madame Tussauds. And Louis, bless him, hasn't left quite the same legacy.Louis was Marie's great-grandson, and worked as a wax-sculptor at her famous London museum. But his brother was appointed chief artist and manager, so Louis left in a huff to set up on his own. His first effort burned to the ground within six months, so he moved to northern seaside resort Blackpool. The Louis Tussaud's there is now a Madame Tussauds after being taken over. And the outpost in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, regularly dubbed the home of the world's worst waxworks, closed in 2012.So it is left to Niagara Falls to carry this dubious torch, and boy are some of the waxworks a bit special."</blockquote>