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• National Museum of African Art – The story of African art heritage and history

• Smithsonian Castle: The first of 19 Smithsonian buildings & museums

• International Spy Museum: An exclusive peek into the world's second oldest profession

• African American Civil War Memorial & Museum: Only one of its kind in the USA

• U Street: A historic and happening spot

• White House: Historical home to 43 U.S. presidents

• Arlington National Cemetery: Final resting place for 300,000 honored Americans

• Smithsonian American Art Museum: Simply stunning

• The Lincoln Memorial: Pure patriotic magic

• The National Archives Building: Home to the Charters of Freedom

• Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Gardens: Tracing modern sculpture from the mid-1800s

• Washington Monument: The flagship memorial to America's Father

• Ford’s Theatre: The country’s first presidential assassination site lives on

• Torpedo Factory: Fine art in a funky place

• Washington National Zoo: America's Panda Central!

• National Air & Space Museum: the most visited museum in the world

• National Museum of the American Indian – A close-up look at our native peoples

National Building Museum: Celebrating the nation's architectural genius

National Building Museum: Celebrating the nation's architectural genius
A museum of “architecture, design, engineering, construction and urban planning,” the National Building Museum, in Washington, D.C., is a one-of-a-kind attraction celebrating the past and evolving future of building design and planning.

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Thomas Stone House: a glimpse into colonial life

Thomas Stone House: a glimpse into colonial life
Visitors to the Thomas Stone Historic Site, located just 30 miles south of Washington, D.C., in Charles County, Maryland, will feel transported 200 years into the past as they walk through the home that belonged to a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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U.S. Capitol Building: Where the law of the land finds life

U.S. Capitol Building: Where the law of the land finds life
Home to the U.S. Congress – and once even home to the Supreme Court -- the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., is an emblem of the American populace and their government, the gathering place of the nation's elected representatives.

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Mount Vernon: True buried treasure on display

Mount Vernon: True buried treasure on display
History buff alert! Now's your chance to view some rare, never-before-publicly displayed treasures from George and Martha Washington, right inside their home at Northern Virginia's Mount Vernon estate.

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National Museum of American History: The USA's central depot for all things Americana

National Museum of American History: The USA's central depot for all things Americana
From the original Star-Spangled Banner and Abraham Lincoln’s top hat, to Dizzy Gillespie’s angled trumpet and Dorothy’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz,” the newly renovated National Museum of American History is the nation’s largest central depot for storage, viewing and appreciation of all things Americana.

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U.S. Bureau of Engraving & Printing: Show me the money!

U.S. Bureau of Engraving & Printing: Show me the money!
Watch real currency printed at the nation’s only location that produces paper dollars! At the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, visitors see how U.S. paper currency is printed, stacked, cut and examined before distribution to the Federal Reserve banks. The bureau also prints a plethora of official U.S. government documents.

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: America’s tribute to a tragedy

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: America’s tribute to a tragedy
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is America’s national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country’s memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust.

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Jefferson Memorial: Controversial tribute to the third U.S. president

Jefferson Memorial: Controversial tribute to the third U.S. president
Built on a man-made peninsula just south of the National Mall area of downtown Washington, D.C., the Jefferson Memorial is an open-air tribute to the nation’s third president – the only president to never veto an act of Congress.

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National Postal Museum: History of U.S. mail since the stagecoach

National Postal Museum: History of U.S. mail since the stagecoach
Located inside Washington, D.C.’s 96-year-old city post office building, the 75,000 square-foot National Postal Museum houses an extension collection of postal related material, including rare stamps and letters, airmail planes and a Pony Express exhibit.

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Harpers Ferry: Civil War landmark still 'stupendous'

Harpers Ferry: Civil War landmark still 'stupendous'
Athough best known as the site of John Brown's ill-fated raid, Harpers Ferry provides a broader look at 19th century life with costumed interpreters, re-enactments, recreated stores and special programs.

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