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Sweet Home Cafe
This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.
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The Preamble in License Plates
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.
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Cuban-American Friendship Urn
The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.
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Knife Edge
Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.
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Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
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Temperance Fountain
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
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Willard Hotel
Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
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Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
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Daguerre Monument
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
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Memorial to Japanese-American Patriotism in World War II
An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.
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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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Fort Reno Park
The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.
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District of Columbia Center Point
A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.
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The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
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Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe
A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.
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Owney the Postal Dog
A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.
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Congressional Cemetery
The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.
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Southwest Duck Pond
This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.
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USNO Master Clock
The most accurate timepiece in the world.
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Bare-Chested George Washington
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
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Reading Room at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
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Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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Old Stone House
The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.
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Carnegie Library of Washington, D.C.
D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.
