Permanently Closed
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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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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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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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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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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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Man Controlling Trade
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
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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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D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
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Embassy Gulf Service Center
Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.
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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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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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Churchill and Mandela Call and Response
When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.
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Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
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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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Godey Lime Kilns
A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.
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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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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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USNO Master Clock
The most accurate timepiece in the world.
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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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Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe
A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.
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Renwick Gallery
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
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Maine Avenue Fish Market
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
