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Fireworks Safety Zone on the National Mall
On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.
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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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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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Boy Scout Memorial
The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.
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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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USS Missouri Model Ship
The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.
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USS Balao Conning Tower
Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.
Permanently Closed
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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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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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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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First FDR Memorial
One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.
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Man Controlling Trade
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
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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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D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
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Embassy Gulf Service Center
Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.
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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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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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National Academy of Sciences
For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.
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Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
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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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The Cairo
This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.
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Daguerre Monument
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
