Washington, D.C.
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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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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Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
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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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Chinatown Barnes Dance
The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.
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Mary's Garden
An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.
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Arizona Avenue Trestle
The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.
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NIST Newton Apple Tree
A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.
Permanently Closed
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Site of the Knickerbocker Disaster
You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.
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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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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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The Adams Memorial
A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.
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Uncle Beazley the Triceratops
A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.
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The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
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The Big Chair
A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.
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Starship Enterprise NCC-1701
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
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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.
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Sergeant Stubby
The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.
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St. Elizabeths Hospital
Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.
Permanently Closed
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Church of Two Worlds
A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.
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Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
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Riggs Library
A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.
