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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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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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Churchill and Mandela Call and Response
When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.
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American University Experiment Station
The school tested mustard gas for the U.S. Army during World War I.
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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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International Temple of the Order of the Eastern Star
Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.
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Capital Transit Co. Streetcar Barn
Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.
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Navy Yard Railroad Gun
One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.
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Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
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Cuban-American Friendship Urn
The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.
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Uncle Beazley the Triceratops
A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.
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The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
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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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FBI Spy House
A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
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Library of Congress Card Catalog
A nostalgic bibliographic gem.
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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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East Potomac Park Mini Golf
The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.
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Lincoln Memorial Undercroft
A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.
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Foundry Branch Trolley Trestle Ruins
A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.
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The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
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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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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.
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Capitol Air Conditioning Towers
"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”
Washington, D.C.
Maine Avenue Fish Market
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
