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Athough best known as the site of John Brown's ill-fated raid, Harpers Ferry provides a broader look at 19th century life with costumed interpreters, re-enactments, recreated stores and special programs.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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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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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 ...

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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-ta ...

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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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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 nat ...

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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 ...

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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 dur ...

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Washington, D.C.’s Ford’s Theatre, where Lincoln was gunned down by John Wilkes Booth, is simultaneously national historic landmark, live playhouse and consistently popular tourist site.

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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 Congr ...

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This world-renowned collection of American art spans more than three hundred years of national history.

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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 ...

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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 administra ...

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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 histo ...

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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 j ...

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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 an ...

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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 th ...

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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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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 Hem ...

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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 rep ...

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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 plan ...

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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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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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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 o ...

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Opened in 1876, The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is considered to be the third oldest zoological establishment in the United States. More than 2000 animals call the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore home, and hundreds of thousands of vi ...

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Baltimore's Lexington Market is the country's oldest public market. Opened in 1782, The Lexington Market has been a Baltimore icon for a more than 225 years. American Revolutionary War soldier John Eager Howard donated the la ...

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Baltimore's Cross Street Market is a grocery store unlike any supermarket-- it's a fresh, fantastic experience with many hard-to-find items in one place. At nighttime, Cross Street turns into a hip, happening bar serving fres ...

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Harborplace and the Gallery is a mecca for shopping lovers. With more than 100 retail and dining businesses on-site, Harborplace is the one-stop-shop for a variety of activities.

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Baltimore's National Aquarium is the most popular tourist destination in the state of Maryland. Opened in 1981, the Aquarium hosts more than 1.6 million visitors each year. Nearly 17,000 creatures of nearly 600 species call t ...

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The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland boasts an eclectic collection of untraditional art work from all over the country. Housed in a nearly 60,000 square foot facility that once was home to a copper paint f ...

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Fort McHenry, important in four American wars, is best known as the inspiration for the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner." The star-shaped fort, built in 1798, was named for a secretary of war under George Washingto ...

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The Philadelphia Zoo is considered to be America's first and oldest zoo. Located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River, this popular tourist attraction was founded in 1859 is home to more than 1,300 animals and is situated ...

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Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is located on the Avenue of the Arts and is home to the city’s world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra—one of the top five orchestras in the world.

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