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Owney the Postal Dog
A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.
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Uncle Beazley the Triceratops
A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.
Permanently Closed
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Site of the Knickerbocker Disaster
You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.
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Ruins of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site at Reservoir Park
An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.
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The Big Chair
A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.
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Grace Hopper's Bug
A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.
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Holt House
There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.
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Frederick Douglass’s House, Cedar Hill
The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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The Cuban Embassy's Hemingway Bar
When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.
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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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The Adams Memorial
A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.
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Kilroy Was Here
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
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Starship Enterprise NCC-1701
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
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Mount Zion Cemetery's Underground Railroad Shelter
People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.
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Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
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Titanic Memorial
This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."
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East Potomac Park Mini Golf
The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.
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Secret Entrance to the White House
The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.
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Foundry Branch Trolley Trestle Ruins
A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.
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Summerhouse
A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
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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 Mini Monument
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
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Culture House
A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.
