Visiting the Presidents

We are recapping the Presidential Homes we Visited in Season 2! I will give out Presidential Home Superlatives, including, Most Improved, Can't Wait to ReVisit, and and Best Gardens, and rank my Top FIFTEEN Favorite Homes! Let's ring out Season 2 with this fun episode and get excited for Season 3! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, r...

I am turning this Episode over to my listeners to hear about what sites and episodes you enjoyed hearing the most! I am also laying out what to expect in Season 3!  Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information! Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook , Instagram , and Twitter ! 

Our First State and Current President go hand-in-hand! Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States: our first President from Delaware, and with an extensive real-estate portfolio! Learn about Joe's political career and time as Vice President; his election and Presidency; his wives, and family; and his homes!  Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past e...

Titan of real estate, and 45th President of the United States, we will explore the many homes of Donald Trump! Learn about Donald's career; turn to politics; his wives and family; and his many larger-than-life homes!  Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information! Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents...

From Hawaii to Chicago to DC and Martha's Vineyard, we will explore the many homes of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States! Learn about his meteoric rise; his election and Presidency; his wife, Michelle, and daughters; and his homes! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information! Episode Page:...

Let's head Deep in the Heart of Texas for the home of George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, just outside Crawford! Nowhere could George W be more himself than in the natural setting (and away from Washington)! Learn about George's career; his elections and Presidency; his wife, Laura, and daughters; and his homes! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visu...

In an Empire State of Mind again for the home of Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States! How did the confirmed Southern Democrat end up in Yankee territory? Listen as we explore Bill Clinton's political career; his election and Presidency; his wife, Hillary, and daughter; and his homes! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recomm...

From New England to Texas, the Bushes left a legacy as big as the Texas sky! We will travel to Kennebunkport, Maine, and Houston, Texas, as well as many other homes in between, looking at George HW Bush, 41st President! Learn about George's political career and long resume; his vice presidency, election, and Presidency; his wife, Barbara, and children; and his homes! Check out the website at...

What we've got here is NOT a failure to communicate with the Great Communicator's homes in California! Learn about Ronald Reagan's turn to national politics; his election and Presidency; his wives, Jane Wyman and Nancy Davis Reagan, and children; as well as his homes in Sacramento, Bel Air, and the Rancho del Cielo! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids,...

Georgia, We've Got You on Our Mind! We are heading back to the sleepy town of Plains, Georgia, and the home of Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States. Just across town from his birthplace, learn about Jimmy Carter's home, as well as his political rise; his election and Presidency; his wife, Rosalynn, and children, and more! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com fo...

We are heading across the USA with Gerald Ford, 38th President, and his homes in Alexandria, Virginia; Vail, Colorado; and Rancho Mirage, California. Hear about Gerald's political career; sudden vice presidency and Presidency; his wife, Betty, and family; and his homes! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other inf...

Heading to the Golden State and the sunny beaches of San Clemente, with La Casa Pacifica, home of Richard Nixon, 37th President! Learn about Richard Nixon's political career; his election defeat and victory; his Presidency; his wife, Pat, and daughters; as well as his various homes! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading,...

Heading to the Lone Star State and the bigger-than-life Lyndon Johnson and LBJ Ranch! Learn about our 36th President and his political rise; his vice presidency and Presidency; his wife, Lady Bird, and daughters; and his homes! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information! Episode Page: https://visitingthepresi...

Among our most iconic and urbane Presidents, let's look at the many homes of John F Kennedy, 35th President, and his young family! We will explore John's political rise; his election and Presidency; his wife, Jacqueline, and children; and his homes in Cape Cod, Virginia, and Palm Beach! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended...

A man, and general of the world, let's explore the 34th President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower and his home in Gettysburg! We'll discuss his military career and public life; his turn to politics and election; his Presidency; his wife, Mamie, and son; and his many homes, but especially the farm at Gettysburg! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, l...

Special BONUS Episode bringing you celebrations and festivities from the Ghosts of Presidential Christmases Past and Present, including White House celebrations, parties, decorations, and more! We also explore how Christmas in America has evolved and how the Presidents reflect the holiday and its celebration! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes,...

You can take Harry S Truman out of Independence, but you can't take the Independence out of Harry S Truman! Learn about the 33rd President's lightning-quick ascension into the top office; his election and administration; his wife, Bess, and daughter; as well as his home at Independence! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended...

Our longest serving President had some wonderful estates to call home, each wonderfully preserved! Let's Visit Franklin Roosevelt and his homes in Warm Springs, Georgia, (the "Little White House"!) and Hyde Park, New York, as well as stops in Manhattan and Campobello Island! Learn about his political rise and struggles to overcome his illness; his elections and Presidency; and his w...

BONUS episode featuring my summer of presidential travels as I fit in as many birthplaces, gravesites, homes, and other sites into one history professor's summer break.  The third of three trips, join me as I visit New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas! Click Here for Part 1! Click Here for Part 2! Links to Previous Episodes Mentioned: B...

"A chicken in every pot, and two cars in every garage!" Visiting Herbert Hoover, he'd be able to afford it! Not so much for Americans wracked by the Great Depression. Learn about Herbert Hoover's philanthropy and turn to politics; his election and Presidency; his wife, Lou, and sons; and his many homes, including in Palo Alto, Washington DC, and the Waldorf Astoria! Check out t...

For being Silent Cal, there's a lot to say about Calvin Coolidge and his homes! Learn about the 30th President; his political career; his vice presidency and ascendancy to Presidency; his wife, Grace, and sons; and his homes in Northampton, MA, and Plymouth Notch, VT! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other infor...

BONUS episode featuring my summer of presidential travels as I fit in as many birthplaces, gravesites, homes, and other sites into one history professor's summer break.  The second of three trips, join me as I visit Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, DC! Click here for Part 1 ! Links to Previous Episodes Mentioned: Birthplaces George Washington and Pope's Creek T...

Checking out the last of the Buckeye State Presidents, Warren Harding, 29th President, and his home in Marion, Ohio! We'll examine the Available Man/Bloviator-in-Chief, and his unique rise to power; his dynamic wife, Florence; his scandals; and his home! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information! Episod...

Bringing you a special, location-specific post! Your guide to Visiting the Presidents in the Big Apple, as we go through the birthplaces, gravesites, and homes of the Presidents who called New York City home--no matter how brief! Created in collaboration with Ryan Purcell and The Gotham Center for New York City History! Check out The Gotham Center and all that they do for New York City history! Ch...

Staying put in Washington for the home of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President, after he left the White House! Learn about Woodrow's unique rise to the office; his election and tumultuous Presidency; his illness; his wives, Ellen and Edith, and daughters; and his homes! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other informati...