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The Transportation Walk
Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Rayburn House Office Building
One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."
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Philo Farnsworth Statue
This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.
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Rotunda of the Provinces
An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.
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Capitol Bollards
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
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Legislative Bell System
An ear-piercing buzzer calls lawmakers to a vote with a series of long and short rings to form coded messages.
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Boy Scout Memorial
The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.
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Marilyn Monroe Mural
A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.
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Senate Corncob Capitals
Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.
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American University Experiment Station
The school tested mustard gas for the U.S. Army during World War I.
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Watergate Gas Station
This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.
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Capitol Air Conditioning Towers
"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”
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Man Controlling Trade
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
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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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African-American Civil War Memorial
The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.
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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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'Cartwheel' Tower
Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.
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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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Churchill and Mandela Call and Response
When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.
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Temperance Fountain
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
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Godey Lime Kilns
A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.
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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.
