Washington, D.C.
Steam Tunnels Under Capitol Hill
100 years later, they're still down there.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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'Cartwheel' Tower
Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.
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Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
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Washington Coliseum
A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.
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Capitalsaurus Court
The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.
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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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Glenwood Cemetery's Chainsaw Sculptures
The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.
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Capitol Tile Room
In the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building is a hidden storage room full of ornate floor tiles leftover from the 1850s.
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Godey Lime Kilns
A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.
Permanently Closed
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United Brick Corporation Ruins
Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.
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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 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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Southwest Duck Pond
This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.
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USNO Master Clock
The most accurate timepiece in the world.
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Ruins of the Columbian Cannon Foundry
These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.
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Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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Uncle Beazley the Triceratops
A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.
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D.C.'s Underground Bald Cypress Fossils
Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.
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The Big Chair
A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.
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Holt House
There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.
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Mount Zion Cemetery's Underground Railroad Shelter
People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.
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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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Space Window at the Washington National Cathedral
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
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National Capitol Columns
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
