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The Mutilated Currency Division
An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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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.
Washington, D.C.
Sergeant Stubby
The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.
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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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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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Fort DeRussy
A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.
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Kilroy Was Here
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
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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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Tudor Place
A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.
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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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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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National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
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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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Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.
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FBI Spy House
A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
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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.
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Marilyn Monroe Mural
A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.
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Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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Georgetown's Haunted Halcyon House
This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.
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Reading Room at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
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The Big Chair
A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.
