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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.
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The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
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Renwick Gallery
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
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Civil War Nurses Memorial
A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
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Russian Ambassador's Residence
Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.
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Cutts-Madison House
After James Madison's death, his wife and former First Lady Dolley Madison lived in this yellow building near the White House.
Permanently Closed
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Riggs Bank
The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.
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Washington Stock Exchange Building
D.C. once had its own tiny rival to the New York Stock Exchange.
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White House Helipad
Disks are rolled out onto the south lawn to absorb the impact of Marine One's wheels like giant coffee coasters.
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Zero Milestone
A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.
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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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Bare-Chested George Washington
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
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General Sheridan's Horse Rienzi Winchester
This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.
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'Ginevra de’ Benci' Portrait
The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.
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Lincoln Book Tower
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
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Baptist Alley
This unassuming passageway played a key role in one of the most important events in U.S. history.
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Brunswick Stew Monument
This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.
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D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
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Jefferson Pier Marker
A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.
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Washington Mini Monument
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
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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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National Archives Vault
An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.
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Historic Elevator at Potbelly
This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.
