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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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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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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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Reading Room at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
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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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Holodomor Memorial
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
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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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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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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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St. Elizabeths Hospital
Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.
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Kilroy Was Here
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
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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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National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
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National Bonsai Museum
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
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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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The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
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Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
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International Spy Museum
Home to items never before seen by the public.
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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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Summerhouse
A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
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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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Owney the Postal Dog
A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.
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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 Capitol Columns
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Yamanouchi, Japan
Jigokudani Monkey Park
Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
