It's easy to forget that the 44 titanic men who have taken oath of office as Commander-in-Chief had lives outside the Oval Office, but when their days in Washington were done, many retired to live out the rest of their days on equally impressive grounds. Some built palatial monuments to themselves and their accomplishments, others created more humble houses built purely for an escape from public life. If you want to walk where they walked and look out on the same vistas that inspired their political leanings (one way or another), here are 11 historically-preserved homes well worth the visit.
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