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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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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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The Adams Memorial
A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.
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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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Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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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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Organization of American States Building
The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.
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The Cairo
This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.
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Renwick Gallery
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
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Zero Milestone
A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.
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Maine Avenue Fish Market
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
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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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Peacock Room
This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.
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Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon
The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.
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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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Carnegie Library of Washington, D.C.
D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.
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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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Man Controlling Trade
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
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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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National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
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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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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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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.
