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Churchill and Mandela Call and Response
When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Washington Coliseum
A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.
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Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
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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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Knife Edge
Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.
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Hecht Company Warehouse
Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
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Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
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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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Willard Hotel
Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
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The K-9 of the Korean War Veterans Memorial
Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.
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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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Serenity Statue
This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.
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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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The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
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Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
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Bare-Chested George Washington
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
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Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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USNO Master Clock
The most accurate timepiece in the world.
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Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room
The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.
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Uncle Beazley the Triceratops
A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.
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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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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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Grace Hopper's Bug
A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.
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Maine Avenue Fish Market
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
