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Riggs Bank
The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.
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Capitol Bollards
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
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Philo Farnsworth Statue
This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.
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Rayburn House Office Building
One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."
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Washington Monument Marble Stripe
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
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Watergate Gas Station
This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.
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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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Bare-Chested George Washington
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
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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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The Portrait Monument
Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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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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National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
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The Old Patent Model Museum
During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.
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The Brewmaster's Castle
This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.
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Daguerre Monument
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
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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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Godey Lime Kilns
A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.
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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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Capital Transit Co. Streetcar Barn
Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.
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The Presidential Booths at Martin's Tavern
Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.
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Washington Mini Monument
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
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Jefferson Pier Marker
A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.
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Kilroy Was Here
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
