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Kilroy Was Here
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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East Potomac Park Mini Golf
The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.
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Organization of American States Building
The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.
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Almas Temple
One of the last mosaic tile facades found in the city.
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The Lockkeeper's House
A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.
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Washington Monument Commemorative Stones
Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.
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Washington Monument Lightning Rod
The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.
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District of Columbia Center Point
A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.
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Congressional Garbage Tunnel
The tunnel under the Capitol Building where Congress takes out its trash.
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Inaugural Parade Center Line
A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.
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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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Washington Stock Exchange Building
D.C. once had its own tiny rival to the New York Stock Exchange.
Permanently Closed
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Babcock Lake Fisheries
The U.S. Fish Commission’s effort to mass produce carp.
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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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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.
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Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.
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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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Boy Scout Memorial
The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.
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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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Culture House
A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.
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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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Maine Avenue Fish Market
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
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The Sun Building
This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.
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Holodomor Memorial
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
