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Things to See in Washington, D.C.

If you’ve never been to Washington, D.C., your mission is clear: Get thee to the National Mall and Capitol Hill. Within this roughly 2 1/2-by- 1/3-mile rectangular plot lie the lion’s share of the capital’s iconic attractions, including presidential a... Read more >

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	Name	Type
	African American Civil War Memorial and Museum	Museum
	Anderson House	Historic home
	Arlington National Cemetery	Cemetery
	Art Museum of the Americas	Art museum
	Arts and Industries Building	Museum/Architecture
	Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument	Museum
	Black Lives Matter Plaza	Plaza
	Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Park/Garden
	D.C. War Memorial	Monument/memorial
	Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Museum	Museum
	Dumbarton House	Historic home
	Dumbarton Oaks	Gardens & Museum
	Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial	Memorial
	Eastern Market	Market
	Enid A. Haupt Garden	Garden
	Folger Shakespeare Library	Library
	Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site	Historic Site
	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial	Museum
	Freer Gallery of Art	Museum
	George Mason Memorial	Monument/memorial
	Heurich House Museum	Historic home
	Hillwood Museum and Gardens	Historic home
	Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden	Art museum
	International Spy Museum	Museum
	Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II	Monument/memorial
	Jefferson Memorial	Monument/memorial
	Korean War Veterans Memorial	Monument/memorial
	Kreeger Museum	Art museum
	Library of Congress	Library
	Lincoln Memorial	Monument/memorial
	Madame Tussauds Washington D.C.	Museum
	Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial	Monument/memorial
	Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site	Historic home
	Museum of the Bible	Museum
	National Air and Space Museum	Museum
	National Archives Museum	Museum
	National Building Museum	Museum
	National Children’s Museum	Museum
	National Gallery of Art	Art museum
	National Law Enforcement Museum	Museum
	National Mall	Cultural complex
	National Museum of African American History and Culture	Museum
	National Museum of African Art	Museum
	National Museum of American History	Museum
	National Museum of Asian Art	Museum
	National Museum of Natural History	Museum
	National Museum of the American Indian	Museum
	National Museum of Women in the Arts	Art museum
	National Postal Museum	Museum
	National World War II Memorial	Monument/memorial
	Octagon House	Historic home
	Old Post Office Clock Tower	Historic Site
	Old Stone House	Historic home
	Phillips Collection	Museum
	Planet Word Museum	Museum
	Potomac Park	Park/Garden
	Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum	Art museum
	Ripley Center	Cultural center
	Rock Creek Park	Park/Garden
	S. Dillon Ripley Center	Gallery
	Sackler Gallery	Museum
	Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery	Art museum
	Smithsonian Information Center (“The Castle”)	Museum
	Smithsonian’s National Zoo	Zoo
	State Department Diplomatic Reception Rooms	Government Building
	The Capitol	Government Building
	The George Washington Museum and the Textile Museum	Museum
	The House Where Lincoln Died	Historic Site
	The Pentagon	Government Building
	The Supreme Court of the United States	Government Building
	The White House	Government Building
	The White House Visitor Center	Museum
	Theodore Roosevelt Island Park	Park/Garden
	Tudor Place	Historic home
	Union Station	Market
	United States Botanic Garden	Garden
	United States Holocaust Memorial Museum	Museum
	Vietnam Veterans Memorial	Monument/memorial
	Washington Monument	Monument/memorial
	Washington National Cathedral	Cathedral
	Woodrow Wilson House Museum	Historic home
	World War I Memorial	Monument/memorial