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Yenching Palace
The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.
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Fireworks Safety Zone on the National Mall
On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.
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Capitol Bollards
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
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Congressional Garbage Tunnel
The tunnel under the Capitol Building where Congress takes out its trash.
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Site of the Union Station Train Crash
A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.
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White House Helipad
Disks are rolled out onto the south lawn to absorb the impact of Marine One's wheels like giant coffee coasters.
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Legislative Bell System
An ear-piercing buzzer calls lawmakers to a vote with a series of long and short rings to form coded messages.
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USS Missouri Model Ship
The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.
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Vigilant Firehouse
‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’
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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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D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
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Inaugural Parade Center Line
A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.
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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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Chinatown Barnes Dance
The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.
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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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Southwest Duck Pond
This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.
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Washington Coliseum
A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.
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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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Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room
The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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Arizona Avenue Trestle
The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.
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Washington Aqueduct Chemical Tower
Every drop of D.C. tap water flows through this old waterworks.
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Russian Ambassador's Residence
Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.
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Washington City Canal Outfall
A portal into the bricked up canal that runs through the heart of Washington D.C.
