Any "best in" section is by nature incomplete. How could we include all that is "best" about DC when there is so very much? So here's a round-up of the current greatest, but beware that our list of the best is inherently in flux.
Best of Washington DC
- National Mall
- The National Mall’s two-mile span, from the steps of the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, is Washington D.C.’s resounding response to the “grand avenues” of the European cities.
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- White House
- The White House, while planned by President George Washington and architect Pierre l’Enfant, was never lived in by Washington, but has housed every single U.S. president since John Adams moved in.
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- Washington Monument
- The Washington Monument is a 555-ft. marble obelisk that stands as a sentinel and memorial to the nation's first president.
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- Lincoln Memorial
- Famous across America as an enduring symbol of freedom and the struggle against slavery, the Lincoln Memorial may be the most-visited of all the capital's landmarks.
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- Capitol Building
- The majestic dome and Rotunda marking the heart of the U.S. Capitol Building not only symbolize the power of the legislative branch of the greatest democracy in the world.
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- Library of Congress
- Established in 1800 through an act of Congress, the Library of Congress originally held 3,000 volumes, and today it is the largest library in the world.
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