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Tudor Place
A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Georgetown Waterfront
The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.
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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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Watergate Fountain
The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.
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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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Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
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D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
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Sweet Home Cafe
This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.
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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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The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
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The Preamble in License Plates
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.
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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Knife Edge
Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.
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Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon
The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.
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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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Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
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Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe
A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.
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Owney the Postal Dog
A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.
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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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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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Rayburn House Office Building
One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."
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Spirit of Justice Park
A secret greenspace hides atop a Capitol parking garage.
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The Transportation Walk
Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.
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Titanic Memorial
This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."
