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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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Man Controlling Trade
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
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Mummified Bison
The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.
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Volta Laboratory & Bureau
Helen Keller once broke ground on this historic center for the study of technologies to benefit the hearing impaired.
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NASA Full Scale Wind Tunnel Propeller
While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.
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The Blessing of the Fleets Ceremony
The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.
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Cuban-American Friendship Urn
The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.
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Eritrean Cultural Civic Center
Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.
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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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Hecht Company Warehouse
Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
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Overthrust Fault
A surprising, but overlooked example of geology in the middle of the nation’s capital.
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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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African-American Civil War Memorial
The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.
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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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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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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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D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
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C&O Boat Elevator Ruins
This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.
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The L. Ron Hubbard House
Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.
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Old Post Office Tower
The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.
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Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
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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 Coliseum
A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.
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National Cathedral Bell Tower
There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.
