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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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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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The Lockkeeper's House
A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.
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Embassy Gulf Service Center
Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.
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Hinckley Hilton President's Walk
A hidden passageway now marks the site of an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that some say broke a 140-year-old curse.
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Mummified Bison
The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.
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Man Controlling Trade
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
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NASA Full Scale Wind Tunnel Propeller
While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.
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African-American Civil War Memorial
The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.
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Civil War Nurses Memorial
A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
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Old Post Office Tower
The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.
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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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Steam Tunnels Under Capitol Hill
100 years later, they're still down there.
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D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
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Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
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C&O Boat Elevator Ruins
This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.
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Georgetown Waterfront
The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.
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Temperance Fountain
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
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Baptist Alley
This unassuming passageway played a key role in one of the most important events in U.S. history.
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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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Knife Edge
Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.
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Daguerre Monument
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
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Serenity Statue
This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.
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Gun Barrel Fence
This robust fence in front of a historic Georgetown home is likely made from hundreds of recycled Revolutionary War firearms.
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Navy Yard Railroad Gun
One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.
