Walk to all the museums via the Mall or just stroll from the Capitol to Lincoln Memorial - its the quintessential walk in DC (WH,Cap,Smithsonian,Wash Mem,Lincoln Mem,WW2 Mem,Vietnam Mem,Korea Mem,etc)
Newseum numbers: 250,000 sq. ft., 35,000 historic newspaper front pages, 15 theaters, 8 sections of the Berlin Wall (each is 3 tons), First Amendment tablet on Pennsylvania Ave. is 50 tons of marble.
It will feature 14 regular stalls, including Rappahannock Oyster Co., Righteous Cheese, Lyon Bakery, TaKorean, DC Empanadas, Peregrine Espresso, and Trickling Springs Creamery. 続きを読む
Best rooftop lounge in the city. Good beer on tap and the people that frequent this place are always interesting. When there is a good DJ, this place is perfect.
The arboretum was established in 1927 by an act of Congress & functions as a major center of botanical research. It has a library with 10,000 volumes & approx. 90 publications on botanical literature.
The memorial currently consists of three separate parts: the Three Soldiers statue, the Vietnam Women's Memorial & the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, where over 58,000 names are engraved.
Lincoln Memorial is always beautiful at night. I try to take any visitors to DC on late night tour of all the monuments. It's also a great way of avoiding the tour bus crowd.
Completed in 1800, The White House is the oldest public building in Washington, DC and has been the home of every president except George Washington.
Some of the most beautiful cherry blossoms in the Metro area aren't along the Tidal Basin, but are up the road in Bethesda's Kenwood neighborhood located just beyond the District border. The 1,200 wh
Approx 3,750 Yoshino Cherry Trees reside here. 1st trees planted 3/27/1912. Peak blooming occurs when 70% blossoms open. Historically varies March 15 (1990)-April 18 (1958). More site info via<LINK> 続きを読む
