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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.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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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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The Preamble in License Plates
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.
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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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Knife Edge
Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.
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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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Sharpshooter's Tree
A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.
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Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
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National Cathedral Bell Tower
There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.
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Temperance Fountain
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
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Gun Barrel Fence
This robust fence in front of a historic Georgetown home is likely made from hundreds of recycled Revolutionary War firearms.
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Sonny Bono Memorial Park
A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.
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Daguerre Monument
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
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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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Willard Hotel
Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
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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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Historic Elevator at Potbelly
This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.
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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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Navy Yard Railroad Gun
One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.
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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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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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Capitol Building Tunnel System
Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.
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The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
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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.
