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

• The Lincoln Memorial: Pure patriotic magic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• U Street: A historic and happening spot

• Harpers Ferry: Civil War landmark still 'stupendous'

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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