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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 I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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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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Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
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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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Lincoln Book Tower
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
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Peirce Mill Spy Station
Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.
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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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Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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Peacock Room
This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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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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Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.
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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Frederick Douglass’s House, Cedar Hill
The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.
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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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Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
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Renwick Gallery
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
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Fort DeRussy
A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.
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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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National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
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Foundry Branch Trolley Trestle Ruins
A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.
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Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.
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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.
