Presidents

Canada’s surprisingly controversial monument to Dwight Eisenhower.

After his presidency, George Washington planned to live only a few blocks from the Capitol building.

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

Disks are rolled out onto the south lawn to absorb the impact of Marine One's wheels like giant coffee coasters.

The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

There's an old indoor swimming pool hidden directly underneath the White House Press Briefing Room.