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Hinckley Hilton President's Walk
A hidden passageway now marks the site of an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that some say broke a 140-year-old curse.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Man Controlling Trade
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
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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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First FDR Memorial
One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.
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C&O Boat Elevator Ruins
This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.
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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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Cher Ami
A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.
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Hecht Company Warehouse
Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
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The K-9 of the Korean War Veterans Memorial
Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.
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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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Reading Room at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
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The National Gallery's Art Materials Collection
The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.
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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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Memorial to Japanese-American Patriotism in World War II
An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.
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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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Bare-Chested George Washington
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
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Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
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Carnegie Library of Washington, D.C.
D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.
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The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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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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Kilroy Was Here
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
