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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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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Arizona Avenue Trestle
The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.
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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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Holodomor Memorial
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
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The Cairo
This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.
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Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room
The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.
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Barbie Pond on Q Street
A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.
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U.S. Naval Observatory Library
A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.
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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.
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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Uncle Beazley the Triceratops
A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.
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The Highest Court In the Land
There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.
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Kilroy Was Here
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
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Serenity Statue
This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.
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Mount Zion Cemetery's Underground Railroad Shelter
People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.
Permanently Closed
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Site of the Knickerbocker Disaster
You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.
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USNO Master Clock
The most accurate timepiece in the world.
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Congressional Cemetery
The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.
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Secret Entrance to the White House
The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.
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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.
Permanently Closed
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Church of Two Worlds
A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.
Washington, D.C.
Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
Washington, D.C.
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.
