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Presidents

The sign for the Barack Obama Plaza rest stop, near Moneygall, Ireland.

North Tipperary, Ireland

Barack Obama Plaza

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

Beauvoir

Biloxi, Mississippi

The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

Weehawken, New Jersey

Weehawken Dueling Grounds

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

Little White House

Warm Springs, Georgia

Roosevelt’s Little White House

FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

The hotel lobby

Chicago, Illinois

Palmer House Hilton

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The Clintons' cat, Socks, takes the podium in 1993.

11 Ways To Get a Letter from the White House

All it takes is planning and a little patience.

Cara Giaimo August 1, 2016

In 1924, Trump Wouldn’t Have Had a Choice Whether to Release His Tax Bills

Every American's income tax bills were once public record.

Erik Shilling July 29, 2016

The Minor Farce that Unfolded the First Time the Republicans Came to Cleveland

Let's go back to 1924.

Erik Shilling July 18, 2016

Behind the stone is a glass jar with Civil War mementos and soldiers' names

Lewistown, Pennsylvania

Soldiers and Sailors Monument

A small granite block at this monument's base is the only part of Lincoln's Tomb outside of Illinois.

The Best Obama Swag Comes From This Tiny Irish Town

Moneygall, Ireland, has cashed out on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

Rachel Delia Benaim July 1, 2016

Head Harbour Lightstation, at the northern tip of Campobello Island

Welshpool, New Brunswick

Campobello Island

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Thomas Jefferson writing the Declaration of Independence (while quoting aloud his instructions to Meriwether Lewis for some reason]

Scheels Sporting Goods

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

Mid Eastern-themed billiards room

San Francisco, California

Fairmont San Francisco Penthouse Suite

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Lake Tear of the Clouds

Keene Valley, New York

Lake Tear of the Clouds

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

Along the garden at St. Nicholas

Whitehaven, England

Mildred Gale's Burial Site

The final resting place of George Washington's Grandma.

How One Photographer Finally Convinced a President to Give Him Full Access

The job was meant to be capturing official handshakes, but it turned into documenting history.

Sarah Laskow May 4, 2016

Found: James Monroe's Actual House

It wasn't the modest house standing on his estate, as previously thought.

Sarah Laskow April 28, 2016

The Billiken is Much More Than the Strangest College Mascot

The history of The God of Things As They Ought to Be, from tchotchke to college sports oddity.

Eric Grundhauser April 26, 2016