The Presidential Home and Museum of Franklin Roosevelt.

Located in Hyde Park, New York, the Presidential Home and Museum of Franklin Roosevelt is not to miss.

He was President of the United States for 12 years and led America through both the Great Depression and World War II. In his personal life, he survived polio, drank alcohol during prohibition, and narrowly escaped an attempted assassination on his life. Indeed, no other American president so profoundly captures our attention or epitomizes the strength and reliance that led America through the 20th century like Franklin Roosevelt. Elected to office in a landslide, he ran for president and won--4 times in a row. Therefore, it makes sense that a man this extraordinary would have a Home and Presidential Library equally as awe-inspiring.

Franklin Roosevelt's home in Hyde Park, New York. Known as "Springwood," FDR was born in this home and lived here his entire life.

Because Springwood stayed in the Roosevelt family, it remained entirely authentic and unchanged when the National Park Service first acquired it. To this day, the home remains undisturbed--even the checkers on the table are exactly as Roosevelt left them.

Once used to transport guests' luggage at Springwood, FDR used this trunk elevator as a wheelchair lift to quickly arrive on different floors of the home. Though crippled by the devastating effects of polio and unable to walk without assistance, FDR's reliance and creativity truly conquered the adversity that threatened to hold him back.

Check out FDR's original 1936 Ford Phaeton. Roosevelt never let polio stop him from driving. Specially modified so that it could be operated with hand controls, FDR used this automobile until his death.

A look into the past! FDR used this globe to track the movements of American troops during World War II.

Though Roosevelt was hesitant to involve the United States in Europe's war, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, removed all doubt that this was America's war too. In a radio address on July 4, 1941 (five months before the attack on Pearl Harbor) Roosevelt correctly predicted that "The United States will never survive as a happy and fertile oasis of liberty surrounded by a cruel desert of dictatorship."

It seems only fitting that Franklin Roosevelt is buried in his mother's rose garden at Hyde Park, just a few steps from his beloved home. His wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, and FDR's favorite dog, Fala, rest beside him. A truly memorable way to end an incredible tour.

For more information on FDR and the Roosevelt family, you can watch my full speech on the Roosevelts located under the Videos section on my website.