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

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

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

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

• Washington National Zoo: America's Panda Central!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Torpedo Factory: Fine art in a funky place

• U Street: A historic and happening spot

• National Aquarium puts visitors up-close with sealife

• American Visionary Art Museum: A Must See in Baltimore

• Maryland Zoo in Baltimore lets visitors walk on the wild side

• Harborplace and the Gallery: Shopping, Dining and Fun

The Lincoln Memorial: Pure patriotic magic

The Lincoln Memorial: Pure patriotic magic
This memorial to our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, includes massive columns, a soaring statue, and an awe-inspiring view of the nation's capital.

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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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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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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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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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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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Washington Monument: The flagship memorial to America's Father

Washington Monument: The flagship memorial to America's Father
Both the world's tallest stone structure and the world's tallest obelisk, the Washington Monument for 125 years has served as the primary memorial to America’s Founding Father and first president.

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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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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. 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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