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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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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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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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Grace Hopper's Bug
A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.
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The Big Chair
A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.
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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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Frederick Douglass’s House, Cedar Hill
The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.
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Holt House
There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.
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Barbie Pond on Q Street
A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.
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National Archives Vault
An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.
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The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
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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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The Adams Memorial
A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.
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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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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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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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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.
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Kilroy Was Here
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
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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.
Permanently Closed
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Church of Two Worlds
A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.
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Sergeant Stubby
The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.
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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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Mount Zion Cemetery's Underground Railroad Shelter
People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.
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Fort DeRussy
A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.
