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Man Controlling Trade
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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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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D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
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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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National Cathedral Bell Tower
There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.
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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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Historic Elevator at Potbelly
This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.
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The Preamble in License Plates
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.
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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.
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The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
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Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
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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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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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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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Holodomor Memorial
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
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The Adams Memorial
A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.
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The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
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Starship Enterprise NCC-1701
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
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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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Library of Congress Card Catalog
A nostalgic bibliographic gem.
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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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Peacock Room
This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.
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Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe
A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.
