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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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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Washington, D.C.
The L. Ron Hubbard House
Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.
Washington, D.C.
Old Post Office Tower
The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument Marble Stripe
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
The Preamble in License Plates
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.
Washington, D.C.
Willard Hotel
Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
Washington, D.C.
Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
Washington, D.C.
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.
Washington, D.C.
Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.
Washington, D.C.
Old Stone House
The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.
Washington, D.C.
Frederick Douglass’s House, Cedar Hill
The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.
Washington, D.C.
Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
Washington, D.C.
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.
Washington, D.C.
International Spy Museum
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Wilton, Connecticut
Weir Farm National Historic Site
American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.
Hartford, Connecticut
The Mark Twain House & Museum
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
Cortez, Colorado
Yucca House
Most of this “research national monument” still lies buried beneath the earth.
Brandon, Colorado
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.
Montrose, Colorado
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.
Granada, Colorado
Amache National Historic Site
The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.
La Junta, Colorado
Bent's Old Fort
Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.
Florissant, Colorado
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
Alamosa, Colorado
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Mesa Verde National Park
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
