One of the world's greatest art museums is comprised of two buildings: one holds paintings from the 13th through the 18th centuries and the other exhibits modern art.

Website: http://www.suprem...  Visiting hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Closed Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays. Lectures in the Courtroom are given every hour on the...

After a $15 million restoration by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a private, non-profit organization, President Lincoln's Cottage is open to the public for the first time, giving Americans an intimate, never-before-seen view of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and family life. In addition to President Lincoln’s Cottage, the Robert H. Smith Visitor Education Center adjacent to the Cottage, features related exhibits and media presentations. Tickets are available through online, advance purchase is strongly recommended.

A guided eight-mile bike tour which passes 55 landmarks in three hours.

A museum and research center for Pre-Columbian and Byzantine art.

"Americas First Museum of American Art" boasts a collection of over 250 19th and 20th-century masters, both American and European, including Renoir, Picasso, Gauguin, Manet, OKeefe and more.

Right across from the White House, this is one of the oldest surviving homes in Washington DC and was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

The most popular of the Smithsonian museums features the Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer and Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis.

Repository where the most important historical documents of the United States are held, such as the original Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Constitution and the 1297 version of the Magna Carta.

The National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum welcome home their treasured collections to a newly restored historic building in Washington DC Among the thousands of artworks...

A truly green spectacle, with a jungle, a National Garden with a First Ladies water garden, a rose garden and exhibits on ecology and evolutionary biology.

Open area of gardens, fountains, trees and monuments stretching nearly two miles between the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial.

Former home of Post cereal heir Marjorie Merriweather Post houses the largest collection of Russian imperial art outside of Russia.

The world's largest museum and research complex is actually comprised of 15 specialty museums, and other affiliates, with subjects that vary from African Art to the postal service, sculpture to space exploration.

D.C.'s largest private art museum has impressive collections of both American and European art.

Part of the Smithsonian Institution that owns more than 40,000 works depicting the history of art in the United States.

This museum, created after the Civil War, has several exhibits displaying gruesome injuries from the battlefield and detailing some of the medical techniques used.

A park-like zoo containing 4,000 animals and 500 different species.

The section of Massachusetts Avenue with many embassies and the house of the Vice President located on one end.

Home to the Washington Opera, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Ballet and more.

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The theater in which Abraham Lincoln was shot.

Eastern Market, one mile east of Capitol Hill, is one of the oldest farmer's markets in the United States.  After suffering a fire that gutted its original building, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty made it a...

Established in 1910 and located on the National Mall, this prestigious museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution, holds the world's most extensive collection of natural history specimens and human artifacts including the remains of dinosaurs and tools used by early man.

The magnificent domed edifice is both a grand symbol for and the working seat of the United States government .

The office building where the Watergate scandal led to the downfall of President Nixon.

Honoring the most famous African-American, this National Historic Site consists of Douglass' home and a visitor center and is dedicated to preserving his legacy of work on behalf of African Americans.

Created by Congress in 1980 to celebrate achievements in architecture, city planning, engineering and design.

Part of the Smithsonian, the Einstein Planetarium features Imax Theatre presentations and a Star Wars exhibition.

Not just a park in the city, but a kind of leisurely museum, with a scattering of Civil War forts, a cemetery and a 19th-century mill within its bounds.

A museum dedicated to detailing what life was like for Americans from all walks of life.