12 fascinating things Presidents have done after leaving office

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Presidents George Washington, William Howard Taft, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.

Barack Obama is about to finish his second term in the White House. What will he do once he's returned to a quasi-normal life?

In a video screened at this year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner, Obama joked about a number of potential options: Getting a driver's license, playing golf every day, wearing comfortable mom jeans.

But maybe he'll also follow in the footsteps of some of his predecessors. Here's a look at some of the interesting paths that 12 other presidents took after retiring from the nation's highest office.