50 States Bike Route
Cycle through every state in a single day | 10
56 Signers Memorial
Chill out with the Founding Fathers | 12
African American Civil War Museum
Telling the ancestors' stories Marquett, a young | 14
Albert Einstein Memorial
I myself should be dead already but I'm still here | 16
American Geophysical Union Building
An architectural and engineering playground | 18
Anacostia Park Roller Rink
This is how we roll | 20
Art-o-Mat
Art is a much better addiction | 22
Arts Walk
Art and poetry with beer | 24
Bald Eagle Nest
Mr. President and LOTUS among the azaleas | 26
Bartholdi Fountain
The fountain cousin of the Statue of Liberty | 28
Bathyscaphe Trieste
Dive to the deepest part of the ocean | 30
The Big Chair
A neighborhood symbol | 32
Black Cat
Alt music and family tradition | 34
Bladensburg Dueling Grounds
Where gentlemen killed each other | 36
Booth's Derringer
Assassination at the theater | 38
Boundary Stone NW6
One of the oldest boundary markers of city limits | 40
The Canterbury Pulpit
Martin Luther King's last sermon | 42
Capital Pool Checkers
Crown Me! | 44
Capital Slave Pens
Twelve years a slave in the cradle of freedom | 46
Caruso Florist
Not just any flower shop | 48
Cedar Hill
Frederick Douglass had the best views | 50
Ching Ching Cha
Taking tea in the Chinese tradition | 52
Chuck Brown Park
A shrine to the Godfather of Go-Go | 54
Colonel Dahlgren's Leg
Buried with full military honors | 56
Crypt of James Smithson
Laid to rest in his legacy | 58
Culture House DC
Abandoned church becomes an art centerpiece | 60
Da Vinci's de' Benci
She flew in a first-class window seat | 62
Dance Place
This is dance central | 64
DC Fire and EMS Museum
City history through a firefighter's lens | 66
Department of the Interior Murals
Painting our American lives | 68
Dupont Circle Fountain
Hangin' with the Rear Admiral | 70
Dupont Underground
From tracks to treasure | 72
Earliest Cherry Trees
They survived blight and keep on blooming | 74
Electronic Superhighway
Neon ode to the American road trip | 76
Evalyn Walsh McLean House
Where the Hope Diamond owner spent her teens | 78
Exorcist Steps & Stories
Terrifying and head-spinningly steep | 80
FDR Desk Memorial
A minor yet mighty presidential memorial | 82
Fort Stevens
Civil War skirmish in the capital | 84
Franciscan Monastery
Catacombs, martyrs, and a mummified child | 86
Frank Kameny Gravesite
Gay rights pioneer is not buried here | 88
Gallaudet University
The epicenter of the deaf world | 90
Game Fish
Look at what we hooked! | 92
George Mason Memorial
A neglected Founding Father | 94
Georgetown Flea Market
Upscale picking | 96
Georgetown Labyrinth
Contemplation along the waterfront | 98
Gorby Intersection
Gorbachev stops traffic and thaws the Cold War | 100
Harriet Tubman's Shawl
Gift from a queen to a fearless warrior for freedom | 102
Hillwood Breakfast
Taste testing with Marjorie Merriweather Post | 104
Howard Theatre
Where the greats have played | 106
International Spy Museum
Spy pigeons and their covert critter colleagues | 108
Iron Gate Restaurant
A young hooker takes down a Soviet defector | 110
JFK Thank You Plaque
With gratitude from frozen newsmen | 112
John Philip Sousa Home
Marching with the spirits of great Washingtonians | 114
Julia Child's Kitchen
If you're afraid of butter, use cream | 116
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
An age-old dance of wind, water, and land | 118
Key Bridge Boathouse
Paddling on the Potomac | 120
KGB Double Agent Escape
Where spy met spy | 122
Khalil Gibran Memorial
Beauty shall rise with the dawn | 124
LeDroit Park
A historic bastion of African-American influencers | 126
Letelier-Moffitt Memorial
Assassination on Embassy Row | 128
Lincoln Life Masks
A civil war can change the face of a man | 130
Lincoln's Cottage
He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation here | 132
The Longest Protest
Civic action facing the White House | 134
Longest City Bus Tour
The $2 city tour | 136
The Magic Tree Box
A fairy world at your feet | 138
Maine Avenue Fish Market
Crabs, oysters, and fried fish sammiches | 140
Mansion on O Street
Wonder, through secret doorways | 142
The Market Lunch
Blue bucks for breakfast | 144
Mexican Cultural Institute
Stairway to vibrant colors and rich traditions | 146
Millennium Stage
Free entertainment 365 days a year Nearly every | 148
Missing Soldiers Office
Fate lent a hand - and a letter - to save history | 150
Mitsitam Cafe
It means, "Let's eat!" | 152
MLK Time Capsule
A skateboarder never notices | 154
Mount Zion Cemetery
A stop on the Underground Railroad | 156
Mumbo Sauce at Yum's
The foodstuff of urban legend | 158
New Hampshire Period Room
A children's attic playroom | 160
Newton's Apple Tree
From the roots of science history | 162
Oldest Mini-Golf Course
The most important shot in golf is the next one | 164
Omni Shoreham Ghost Suite
Apparition in residence | 166
Orphee Mural
Marc Chagall's mythical mosaic | 168
Owney the Railway Mascot
The dog who traveled the world by mail transport | 170
Perry's Drag Brunch
Hello, Gorgeous! | 172
Peterbug Shoe Academy
Not your average cobbler shop | 174
Planet Word Privies
Flush with bathroom humor | 176
Prairie Dogs
Cutest zoo animals, and natives too | 178
The President's Walk
The failed assassination of President Reagan | 180
Riggs Bank Building
Money launderers to the dictators of the world | 182
Ripley Center Mural
Illusions of an ancient city | 184
Rock Creek Park Horse Center
Riding in the middle of the city | 186
Rock Creek Planetarium
Night sky in the park | 188
Scottish Rite Temple
Of Freemasons and the city | 190
Shakespeare's First Folios
The Bard's work on Capitol Hill | 192
The Shoe Room
We are the shoes. We are the last witnesses. | 194
Shop Made in DC
Bringing local makers to the fore | 196
Smokey Bear's Office
Only you can prevent forest fires | 198
The Spice Suite
There is no fun in selling bottles of fennel | 200
Theodore Roosevelt Island
A living memorial with a rich history | 202
Thomas Jefferson Papers
To be perused up close | 204
Transportation Walk
Round, round, get around, I get around | 206
Tricycle House
Riding up the wall | 208
True Reformer Hall
Duke Ellington's first paid gig | 210
Turkish Ambassador's Home
From bottle caps to jazz tradition | 212
Uline Arena
The Beatles played their first US concert here | 214
Union Station Sentries
What are they hiding behind those shields? | 216
The Uptown Theater
An art deco movie palace | 218
USNO Master Clock
Where accuracy really matters | 220
Vace Italian Deli
Family recipes for the best pasta and pizza | 222
Waldseemueller Map
Birth certificate of the Americas | 224
The Willard Lobby
So much history, and that's just in the lobby | 226
Wright Flyer to the Moon
First in flight, first to the moon | 228
Zero Milestone
All roads lead from Washington | 230
