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Sergeant Stubby
The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Watergate Gas Station
This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.
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General Sheridan's Horse Rienzi Winchester
This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.
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National Academy of Sciences
For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.
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First Teddy Bear
The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.
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Watergate Fountain
The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.
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Old Post Office Tower
The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.
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The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
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Serenity Statue
This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.
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Organization of American States Building
The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.
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Chinatown Barnes Dance
The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.
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Baptist Alley
This unassuming passageway played a key role in one of the most important events in U.S. history.
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Grand Lodge Of Masons
This Masonic lodge was the first major private building to be constructed in Washington, D.C. after the Civil War.
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Joan of Arc Equestrian Statue
The only female equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. is a 15th-century French heroine.
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Boy Scout Memorial
The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.
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Lincoln Book Tower
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
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George Washington University's River Horse
The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.
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Hinckley Hilton President's Walk
A hidden passageway now marks the site of an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that some say broke a 140-year-old curse.
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The Sun Building
This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.
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White House Helipad
Disks are rolled out onto the south lawn to absorb the impact of Marine One's wheels like giant coffee coasters.
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Treasury Department Cash Vault
Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.
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The L. Ron Hubbard House
Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.
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Washington Stock Exchange Building
D.C. once had its own tiny rival to the New York Stock Exchange.
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Watermelon House
This rowhouse doubles as one of the most photographed spots in the nation's capital.
