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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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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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Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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Alferd Packer Cannibal Plaque
A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.
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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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International Temple of the Order of the Eastern Star
Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.
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Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room
The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.
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Uncle Beazley the Triceratops
A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.
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Peirce Mill Spy Station
Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.
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The Big Chair
A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.
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Ruins of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site at Reservoir Park
An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.
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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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Holt House
There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.
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Maine Avenue Fish Market
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
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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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The Adams Memorial
A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.
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The Cuban Embassy's Hemingway Bar
When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.
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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Peacock Room
This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.
Permanently Closed
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Church of Two Worlds
A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.
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Lincoln Book Tower
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
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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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Fort DeRussy
A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.
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Inside the Capitol Dome
The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.
