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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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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Treasury Department Cash Vault
Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.
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Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
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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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Chinatown Barnes Dance
The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.
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Mary's Garden
An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.
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The K-9 of the Korean War Veterans Memorial
Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.
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National Academy of Sciences
For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.
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Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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The Adams Memorial
A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.
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Southwest Duck Pond
This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.
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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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Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room
The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.
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The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
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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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House of the Temple
This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.
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Georgetown's Haunted Halcyon House
This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.
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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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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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Library of Congress Card Catalog
A nostalgic bibliographic gem.
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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Inside the Capitol Dome
The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.
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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.
