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The Unabomber's Cabin
It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Rotunda of the Provinces
An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.
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Marilyn Monroe Mural
A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.
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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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Rayburn House Office Building
One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."
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Boy Scout Memorial
The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.
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Howard Theatre
Through the decades, Black music stars have performed at this historic hub for music and the arts.
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Florida Avenue Grill
The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.
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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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Man Controlling Trade
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
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African-American Civil War Memorial
The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.
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Washington Monument Marble Stripe
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
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Ben's Chili Bowl Mural
A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.
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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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Temperance Fountain
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
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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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Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
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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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Chinatown Barnes Dance
The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.
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District of Columbia Center Point
A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.
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NIST Newton Apple Tree
A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.
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Bare-Chested George Washington
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
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U.S. Naval Observatory Library
A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.
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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.
