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Annie's Paramount Steakhouse
This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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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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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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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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Man Controlling Trade
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
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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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Embassy Gulf Service Center
Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.
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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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The Sun Building
This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.
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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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Hecht Company Warehouse
Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
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Congressional Cemetery
The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.
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Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room
The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.
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Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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Old Stone House
The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.
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The Portrait Monument
Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.
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Renwick Gallery
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
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National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
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Lincoln Memorial Undercroft
A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.
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National Bonsai Museum
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
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The Dupont Underground
Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.
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International Spy Museum
Home to items never before seen by the public.
