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State Department Protocol Gift Office
They sort through millions of dollars worth of diplomatic gifts on behalf of the government.
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Oroville, California
Mother Orange Tree
The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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Arizona Avenue Trestle
The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.
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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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Mary's Garden
An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.
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Rayburn House Office Building
One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."
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Holodomor Memorial
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
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Jean Jules Jusserand Memorial
An obscure federal monument honors the French diplomat who served as Ambassador to the U.S. during WWI.
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Maine Avenue Fish Market
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
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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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Serenity Statue
This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.
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Dumbarton Oaks
The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.
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Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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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.
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USNO Master Clock
The most accurate timepiece in the world.
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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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Eritrean Cultural Civic Center
Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.
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Temperance Fountain
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
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Tudor Place
A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.
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Godey Lime Kilns
A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.
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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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National Archives Vault
An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.
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Frederick Douglass’s House, Cedar Hill
The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.
