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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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Mount Zion Cemetery's Underground Railroad Shelter
People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.
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Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel
This small hilltop church weaves the urban history of Washington, D.C. with the national history of the United States.
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Dumbarton Oaks Birthing Figure
This fertility idol of questionable authenticity inspired an iconic Indiana Jones artifact.
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The Winfield Scott Memorial
The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.
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Palace of Wonders
Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.
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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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The L. Ron Hubbard House
Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.
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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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Churchill and Mandela Call and Response
When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.
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FBI Spy House
A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
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Former Qing Dynasty's Legation
This apartment building designed by a notable Washington D.C. architect housed the Qing Dynasty's Legation.
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Rat Graves
Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.
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Edwin P. Goodwin House
This house was once the location of Frelinghuysen University.
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Capital Pool Checkers
The former home of elite checkers battles of the Capital Pool Checkers Club.
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Evans-Tibbs House
The former home of Lillian Evans Tibbs and her grandson, Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr., whose prodigious contributions to music and art spanned more than 90 years.
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American University Experiment Station
The school tested mustard gas for the U.S. Army during World War I.
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Howard Theatre
Through the decades, Black music stars have performed at this historic hub for music and the arts.
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'Encore'
Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.
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D.C.’s Floating Chandeliers
Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.
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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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Marilyn Monroe Mural
A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.
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Mary Church Terrell House
The former home of the woman who successfully fought to integrate restaurants in Washington, D.C.
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Darth Vader Grotesque
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.
