Places clhooper60 Wants to Go

Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.

Beneath unsuspecting visitors feet, a capsule containing pieces of America’s civil rights history.

Disks are rolled out onto the south lawn to absorb the impact of Marine One's wheels like giant coffee coasters.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

A centuries-old stone pagoda from Japan stands among cherry trees beside the National Mall Tidal Basin.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Engraved in stone here are the signatures of everyone who signed the Declaration of Independence.

The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

A memorial dedicated to the famed North Pole explorer appropriately sits at the far edge of Arlington National Cemetery.

A battleship’s mast sits atop a turret-like memorial, commemorating those who lost their lives in one of the precipitating events of the Spanish-American War.

Recorded as the first person buried in Arlington Cemetery.

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.