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14 Coolest Rooms In The White House You Probably Never Knew Existed

11. The Solarium on the Residence’s top floor is where presidents and their families go to relax.

According to the White House Museum, the room has alternately been used for Mamie Eisenhower’s bridge parties, a kindergarten for Caroline Kennedy, a hangout for Lyndon Johnson’s teenage daughters, a study room for Rosalynn Carter, and space for the Clintons to play board games.

Richard Nixon was in the solarium with his family when he informed them he was stepping down as president, according to the museum. And it’s also the room where Nancy Reagan was informed her husband had been shot.

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12. Not far from the Solarium is the Game Room, where presidents can wind down with a game of pool.

A number of presidents have owned pool tables in the White House, at times housing them in the modern-day Map Room and Vermeil Room. It’s unclear when the Game Room — formerly a bedroom — became the designated pool space, but it dates back to at least the George H. W. Bush era, according to the White House Museum.

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13. Moving over to the West Wing, the Private Study or Oval Office Study is a small working space immediately across from the Oval Office. It also contains a private bathroom and kitchenette.

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14. On the ground floor of the West Wing next to the Situation Room, you’ll find the Navy Mess or White House Mess, a small dining facility run by the US Navy.

The dining room seats about 50 people and is not available to the public, but if you’re lucky, you could score an invitation from a senior White House official or Cabinet secretary.

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