Even presidents can play tourist; Barack Obama has ended a busy two-day Nato summit in Wales with an impromptu stroll through Stonehenge.
While other world leaders may have headed straight for the airport, the US President took a small detour for a spot of sightseeing.
"How cool is this?" he commented as he was taken on a guided tour through the ancient Wiltshire monument.
He told reporters it was always something he had wanted to see, and now he had "knocked it off the bucket list".
"It's spectacular. It's spectacular. It's a special place," he said.
But it wasn't just the President who had a day to remember.
His impromptu visit won't be forgotten in a hurry by a local family who were making their way through a nearby field of sheep.
Mr Obama spent a few minutes chatting with the excited family of five.
As she saw him approaching, mother Janice Raffle took to Twitter to say: "I can see president Obama! Any messages?"
She then posted a photo of the whole family posing with the President.
Mrs Raffle, who does charity runs to highlight the declining bee population, has since received a number of donations.
Stonehenge, which was built in three phases between 3000 BC and 1600 BC, is a Unesco World Heritage site.
Archaeologists believe it was built as a temple, although to which gods, and exactly how it was used, is unclear.
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