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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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Watergate Gas Station
This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.
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Washington City Canal Outfall
A portal into the bricked up canal that runs through the heart of Washington D.C.
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Congressional Cemetery
The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.
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Secret Entrance to the White House
The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.
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The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
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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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National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
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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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Daguerre Monument
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
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Treasury Department Cash Vault
Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.
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The Highest Court In the Land
There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.
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The Blessing of the Fleets Ceremony
The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.
Permanently Closed
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The Unabomber's Cabin
It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.
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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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Torpedo Factory Art Center
A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.
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Mummified Bison
The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.
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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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Washington Mini Monument
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
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Washington Monument Lightning Rod
The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.
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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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Vigilant Firehouse
‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’
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Foundry Branch Trolley Trestle Ruins
A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.
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State Department Protocol Gift Office
They sort through millions of dollars worth of diplomatic gifts on behalf of the government.
