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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.
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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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Peacock Room
This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.
Permanently Closed
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Site of the Knickerbocker Disaster
You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.
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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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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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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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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.
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 Cuban Embassy's Hemingway Bar
When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.
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Mount Zion Cemetery's Underground Railroad Shelter
People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.
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The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.
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House of the Temple
This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.
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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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Rockefeller Mansion in Rock Creek Park
This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.
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Dumbarton Oaks
The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.
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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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Tudor Place
A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.
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Inside the Capitol Dome
The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.
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Titanic Memorial
This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."
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National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
