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Treasury Department Laundry
Literal "money laundering."
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Treasury Department Cash Vault
Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.
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FDR's Bomb Shelter
The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.
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Zero Milestone
A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.
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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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FDR's Swimming Pool
There's an old indoor swimming pool hidden directly underneath the White House Press Briefing Room.
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The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
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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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U.S. Mint Coin Store
Coins and medals straight from the mint await visitors to this shop in the nation's capital.
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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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Inaugural Parade Center Line
A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.
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Riggs Bank
The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.
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D.C.'s Underground Bald Cypress Fossils
Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.
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Secret Entrance to the White House
The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.
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Rotunda of the Provinces
An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.
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The Unabomber's Cabin
It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.
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National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
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Potomac Park Flood Levee
This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.
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The Lockkeeper's House
A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.
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Kilroy Was Here
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
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D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
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Fireworks Safety Zone on the National Mall
On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.
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The K-9 of the Korean War Veterans Memorial
Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.
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Lincoln Memorial Undercroft
A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.
