Dead Presidents

See Presidential Wedding Cake! Grover Cleveland Birthplace, Caldwell, New Jersey

Among other Grover-mabilia, visitors can see an actual piece of Cleveland's wedding cake. Wow.

William Taft’s House Was The Syrian Embassy

President Taft deserves a fresh look in 2013 - just not for his connection to the Syrian civil war.

John Quincy Adams: 246 Years Old and Looking Great

Several visitors made jokes about the smell. There really wasn't one - but when there are two presidents and two First Ladies in one room, the room can smell any way it wants.

Curds and Few Words: Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Plymouth Notch, Vermont

An edible monument to the values that made the man who he was? I can get behind that.

I’d have to say “ouch” for James Buchanan

...and "oh snap" to Abraham Lincoln:

Truman Lives: Blair House

Today it's the president's official guest house. In 1950 it was the site of an assassination attempt.

The James A. Garfield Assassination Spot Is Right About Here

Three presidential assassination spots are clearly marked. The fourth isn't marked at all - but I may have found it.

Who’s buried in Grant’s tumor? The National Museum of Health and Medicine

Where to start on this macabre trip through the human body and the horrible things that can be done to it?

DC Day 1: A Nationals Pastime

Until today I'd never seen the dancingest Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson, in action. The man can dance, folks.
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The James A. Garfield Assassination Spot Is Right About Here

Three presidential assassination spots are clearly marked. The fourth isn't marked at all - but I may have found it.

James Buchanan Memorial

"Buchanan was a great president too," said absolutely no one - so why does he have a memorial?

Dwight Eisenhower’s Tomb

The Eisenhower Library campus includes a church-shaped building called the Place of Meditation. The name of the building isn't figurative: there's an actual chapel inside the Eisenhower tomb.

Gerald Ford’s Tomb

As a president who was known for his openness and candor, it should be no surprise that Gerald Ford's gravesite is out front next to the Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids.

John Adams’ Tomb

It doesn't smell in this basement crypt, but even if it did, there are two presidents and two first ladies in there. A room like that could smell if it wanted to.