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

• The Lincoln Memorial: Pure patriotic magic

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

• Torpedo Factory: Fine art in a funky place

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

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

• Harpers Ferry: Civil War landmark still 'stupendous'

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

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

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

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

• U Street: A historic and happening spot

• Thomas Stone House: a glimpse into colonial life

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

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

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

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

African American Civil War Memorial & Museum: Only one of its kind in the USA
Commemorating the service of more than 209,000 soldiers and sailors of color in the War Between the States, the African American Civil War Memorial & Museum is the only one of its kind in the country and includes a 10-foot-tall outdoor sculpture and names of those who served throughout the four-year-long conflict.

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

National Air & Space Museum: the most visited museum in the world
From the original Wright Brothers flying machine to Captain Kirk’s legendary U.S.S. Enterprise, there’s a reason why the National Air & Space Museum is the most popular museum on the planet.

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

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Gardens: Tracing modern sculpture from the mid-1800s
Located just east of the original Smithsonian Institution Building – also known as the Castle – the drum shape museum known as the Hirshhorn has amassed an exclusive collection of more than 12,000 pieces of modern art from the 19th and 20th centuries, and its world renowned outdoor garden sculptures along the paths in the garden trace the history of modern sculpture from the mid 1800's.

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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Simply stunning

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Simply stunning
This world-renowned collection of American art spans more than three hundred years of national history.

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The National Archives Building: Home to the Charters of Freedom

The National Archives Building: Home to the Charters of Freedom
Home to the original United States Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., houses some of the most important political and social documents from modern human history.

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Smithsonian Castle: The first of 19 Smithsonian buildings & museums

Smithsonian Castle: The first of 19 Smithsonian buildings & museums
The original building of the now 19 buildings and museums in the Washington, D.C. area that comprise the Smithsonian Institution, the Smithsonian Building, now simply known as “The Castle,” houses the Institution’s administrative offices and the Smithsonian Information Center.

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