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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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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Government Printing Office
Need a hardcopy of the 50-title Code of Federal Regulations? This is the place.
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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Bare-Chested George Washington
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
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C&O Boat Elevator Ruins
This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.
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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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Steam Tunnels Under Capitol Hill
100 years later, they're still down there.
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Washington Coliseum
A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.
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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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Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
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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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Uncle Beazley the Triceratops
A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.
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Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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Capitol Building Tunnel System
Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.
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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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Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
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Fort Reno Park
The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.
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Dumbarton Oaks
The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.
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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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Catacombs of Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.
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Starship Enterprise NCC-1701
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
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The Adams Memorial
A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.
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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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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.
