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• Harpers Ferry: Civil War landmark still 'stupendous'

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

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

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

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

• The Lincoln Memorial: Pure patriotic magic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• National Building Museum: Celebrating the nation's architectural genius

• Smithsonian American Art Museum: Simply stunning

Torpedo Factory: Fine art in a funky place

Torpedo Factory: Fine art in a funky place
This one-time WWII torpedo factory now features studio and exhibition space for more than 160 local artists, and is free to the public year-round.

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

National Museum of African Art – The story of African art heritage and history
Founded in 1964 and formerly located in Frederick Douglass's Washington, D.C. house, the National Museum of African Art is one of the Smithsonian Institution’s newest museum’s in the physical setting along the National Mall just west of the U.S. Capitol building.

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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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Washington National Zoo: America's Panda Central!

Washington National Zoo: America's Panda Central!
The National Zoo, Washington DC's 163-acre zoological park set within the Rock Creek National Park, is one of the most comprehensive zoological parks in the nation, featuring more than 2,000 animals representing 400 diverse species.

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

White House: Historical home to 43 U.S. presidents
The home to every American president since John Adams, the White House occupies a special place in the hearts of Americans as home to the most powerful elected individual in the world, and historical site to some of the most important political events in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.

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

International Spy Museum: An exclusive peek into the world's second oldest profession
Adopt an undercover identity. Receive your Agent Briefing. Get special training on past strategies and tactics of some of the world’s greatest intelligence operatives. It’s all at the International Spy Museum – the first and only public espionage museum in the United States and the only exhibition in the world that present a global examination of a profession still very much shrouded in secrecy.

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U Street: A historic and happening spot

U Street: A historic and happening spot
This neighborhood north of downtown, once the center of the city's African American community, now offers loads of cultural and entertainment options.

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

National Museum of the American Indian – A close-up look at our native peoples
The very newest in a long line of Smithsonian Institution museums, the National Museum of the American Indian is a museum dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history and arts of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere.

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

Arlington National Cemetery: Final resting place for 300,000 honored Americans
Serving as the final resting place to more than 300,000 Americans, including presidents and a first lady, Arlington National Cemetery is a history lesson about many of the most famous conflicts and individuals who gave their lives to secure this nation’s status as a free country.

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