Washington, D.C.
Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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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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Holodomor Memorial
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
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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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Daguerre Monument
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
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Southwest Duck Pond
This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.
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Temperance Fountain
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
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Chinatown Barnes Dance
The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.
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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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Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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St. Elizabeths Hospital
Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.
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USNO Master Clock
The most accurate timepiece in the world.
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Barbie Pond on Q Street
A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.
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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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Fort Reno Park
The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.
Washington, D.C.
Maine Avenue Fish Market
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
Washington, D.C.
Carnegie Library of Washington, D.C.
D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.
Permanently Closed
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The Unabomber's Cabin
It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.
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The Big Chair
A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.
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The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
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The Adams Memorial
A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.
Washington, D.C.
Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
