Washington, D.C. area guide
What to do around East Austin
East Austin guide for food, bars, music, murals, and stops that fit an easy neighborhood plan.
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Source-backed place · Theaters and music
9:30 Club
A legendary Washington, D.C. concert venue and nightclub, recognized by Rolling Stone as one of the top ten live music spots in t…
Iconic U Street venue where indie legends and future stars rock a tight, acoustically killer room nightly
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Source-backed place · Theaters and music
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
A Tony Award-winning national center dedicated to American voices, this pioneering theater was the first racially integrated venu…
Source-backed place · Religious sites
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
The largest Catholic church in North America, this stunning Neo-Byzantine and Romanesque Revival shrine is a global center of Mar…
Source-backed place · Theaters and music
Blues Alley
Tucked away in Georgetown, Blues Alley is the oldest continuing jazz supper club in the United States, offering an intimate atmos…
Source-backed place · Event Venue
Capital One Arena
A premier indoor sports and entertainment hub in Chinatown, serving as the home for the Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards,…
Source-backed place · Landmarks
Capitol Visitor Center
The primary gateway to the U.S. Capitol, this massive underground complex provides a welcoming, educational introduction to the l…
Source-backed place · Parks and outdoors
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
A sprawling 184.5-mile linear park tracing the Potomac River, preserving a 19th-century transportation artery that once linked Ma…
Source-backed place · Markets
Eastern Market
Washington, DC's oldest continually operating public fresh food market, located in a historic 19th-century brick building in the…
Weekend stalls, antiques, and local makers make this DC’s most browsed market, not a tourist trap.
Source-backed place · History
Embassy Row
A prestigious diplomatic district in Northwest Washington, D.C., featuring a high concentration of embassies, diplomatic missions…
Source-backed place · Museums
Folger Shakespeare Library
An independent research library on Capitol Hill, housing the world's largest collection of William Shakespeare's printed works an…
Source-backed place · Museums
Ford's Theatre Museum
The historic site of President Abraham Lincoln's 1865 assassination, combining a working theater, a museum of Lincolniana, and th…
Source-backed place · Landmarks
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
A sprawling 7.5-acre outdoor museum honoring the 32nd US President and Eleanor Roosevelt, featuring four thematic rooms and casca…
Free Gyde walk · Dupont Circle & Embassy Row
Dupont Circle & Embassy Row
A 1.6-kilometer stroll through the heart of Dupont Circle and out along Massachusetts Avenue, Washington's storied Embassy Row. Eight stops…
Free Gyde walk · Historic Georgetown
Historic Georgetown
A roughly two-and-a-half-kilometer walk through Washington’s oldest neighborhood, with six stops spanning a historic hilltop campus, univer…
Free Gyde walk · National Mall & Memorials
National Mall & Memorials
A roughly four-kilometer walk along the western National Mall and Tidal Basin, linking eight of Washington's great memorials and monuments.…
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