Washington, D.C. area guide
What to do around UT and Capitol
UT and Capitol stops for history, museums, landmarks, and shaded breaks.
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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 · 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…
Source-backed place · Museums
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Explore the final home of Frederick Douglass, a former slave who rose to become a world-renowned abolitionist, statesman, and cha…
Source-backed place · Public art
Freedom Statue
The crowning feature of the U.S. Capitol dome, this 19-foot-6-inch bronze figure represents freedom, perched 288 feet above the E…
Source-backed place · Museums
Freer Gallery of Art / National Museum of Asian Art
The Smithsonian’s first fine arts museum, the Freer Gallery of Art showcases a premier collection of Asian masterpieces and the w…
Source-backed place · History
Georgetown University
The oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, Georgetown University's stunning Hilltop campus blends…
Source-backed place · Daytrip
Gettysburg National Military Park
A massive U.S. National Park Service site commemorating the 1863 battle that turned the tide of the American Civil War, featuring…
Walk the fields where the battle turned, then ride the auto tour for the full Civil War story.
Source-backed place · Museums
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
A Smithsonian architectural wonder featuring international modern and contemporary art within a striking cylindrical building and…
Source-backed place · Theaters and music
Howard Theatre
A historic landmark in the Shaw neighborhood, the Howard Theatre was the first African American-owned theatre in the United State…
Bookable Fever
Source-backed place · Museums
International Spy Museum
The only public museum in the United States dedicated solely to espionage, featuring the world's largest collection of spy artifa…
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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