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Babcock Lake Fisheries
The U.S. Fish Commission’s effort to mass produce carp.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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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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Watergate Fountain
The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.
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Marilyn Monroe Mural
A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.
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Florida Avenue Grill
The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.
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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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National Public Radio's Honey Bee Hives
Atop this media building, two hives containing more than 30,000 bees keep the surrounding area vibrant.
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Government Printing Office
Need a hardcopy of the 50-title Code of Federal Regulations? This is the place.
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Washington City Canal Outfall
A portal into the bricked up canal that runs through the heart of Washington D.C.
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The L. Ron Hubbard House
Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.
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Hinckley Hilton President's Walk
A hidden passageway now marks the site of an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that some say broke a 140-year-old curse.
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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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Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.
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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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Washington Coliseum
A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.
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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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Temperance Fountain
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
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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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Willard Hotel
Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
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Historic Elevator at Potbelly
This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.
Washington, D.C.
Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
