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Godey Lime Kilns
A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Temperance Fountain
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
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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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Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
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Reading Room at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
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Capitalsaurus Court
The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.
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Cher Ami
A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.
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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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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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Glenwood Cemetery's Chainsaw Sculptures
The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.
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Civil War Nurses Memorial
A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
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Volta Laboratory & Bureau
Helen Keller once broke ground on this historic center for the study of technologies to benefit the hearing impaired.
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Jefferson Pier Marker
A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.
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Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
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C&O Boat Elevator Ruins
This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.
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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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Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe
A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.
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Capital Transit Co. Streetcar Barn
Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.
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Georgetown Waterfront
The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.
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Capitol Air Conditioning Towers
"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”
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Churchill and Mandela Call and Response
When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.
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Washington Aqueduct Castle Gatehouse
A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?
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Washington Monument Marble Stripe
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
