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Cher Ami
A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.
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Hecht Company Warehouse
Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
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National Cathedral Bell Tower
There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.
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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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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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Temperance Fountain
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
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Glenwood Cemetery's Chainsaw Sculptures
The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.
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Library of Congress Book Conveyor Tunnel
A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.
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Arizona Avenue Trestle
The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.
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Daguerre Monument
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
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Memorial to Japanese-American Patriotism in World War II
An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.
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Old Stone House
The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.
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FDR's Bomb Shelter
The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.
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Capitol Tile Room
In the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building is a hidden storage room full of ornate floor tiles leftover from the 1850s.
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Reading Room at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
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NIST Newton Apple Tree
A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.
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Holodomor Memorial
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
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Godey Lime Kilns
A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.
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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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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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Historic Elevator at Potbelly
This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.
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Mary's Garden
An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.
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Southwest Duck Pond
This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.
