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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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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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The Lockkeeper's House
A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.
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Capitol Air Conditioning Towers
"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”
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D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
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Georgetown Waterfront
The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.
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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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Hecht Company Warehouse
Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
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Temperance Fountain
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
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Historic Elevator at Potbelly
This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.
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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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Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
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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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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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Chinatown Barnes Dance
The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.
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Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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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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USNO Master Clock
The most accurate timepiece in the world.
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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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Bare-Chested George Washington
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
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The Big Chair
A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
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Titanic Memorial
This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."
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Mount Zion Cemetery's Underground Railroad Shelter
People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.
