Jimmy Carter worked as a peanut farmer before becoming president of the United States. Mikki Ansin/Getty Images Some American presidents had unexpected jobs before reaching the White House. Abraham Lincoln worked as a postmaster in New Salem, Illinois. John F. Kennedy was a journalist and reported on the end of World War II. While many
Each year, more than 2 million visitors come to Mount Rushmore to see the heads of Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln, according to the National Park Service. But more than 1,500 miles away, another pair of presidents’ heads has unexpectedly become a tourist destination in its own right. In Croaker, Virginia, about 10 miles north
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