Washington, DC

(Pictures and places in bold are places I have been to.)

Honorable mention:

      • President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home (AFRH)
Cherry trees in bloom at the Tidal Basin
Cherry trees in bloom at the Tidal Basin

10. National Cherry Blossom Festival

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

9. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

"Washington Irving and His Literary Friends at Sunnyside" by Christian Schussele, Smithsonian American Art Museum
“Washington Irving and His Literary Friends at Sunnyside” by Christian Schussele, Smithsonian American Art Museum

8. Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery (and the detached Renwick Gallery), and National Mall Smithsonian art galleries

      • National Museum of Asian Art (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art)
      • National Museum of African Art
      • Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
      • National Gallery of Art (not part of the Smithsonian)
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, Apollo 11 Lunar Module "Eagle"
Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Apollo 11 Lunar Module “Eagle”

7. The National Archives and Smithsonian history museums

      • National Museum of Natural History
      • National Zoological Park
      • National Museum of American History
      • National Museum of the American Indian
      • National Museum of African American History and Culture
      • National Air and Space Museum
World War II Memorial
World War II Memorial

6. Arlington National Cemetery and the National Mall veterans memorials

Jefferson Memorial
Jefferson Memorial

5. Jefferson Memorial & area

      • Tidal Basin
      • Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
      • Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Washington Monument
Washington Monument

4. Washington Monument & area

      • National Mall
      • Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
      • German-American Friendship Garden
Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln Memorial

3. Lincoln Memorial & area

      • Reflecting Pool
      • National World War II Memorial
      • Korean War Veterans Memorial
      • Vietnam Veterans Memorial
      • Constitution Gardens
      • District of Columbia War Memorial
The White House, North Portico side, from Pennsylvania Avenue
The White House, North Portico side, from Pennsylvania Avenue

2. The White House & area

      • Lafayette Square
      • President’s Park
      • The Ellipse
      • Pershing Park – World War I Memorial
      • Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
      • Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site and Park
U.S. Capitol Building, Washington DC
U.S. Capitol Building, Washington DC

1. Capitol Hill

      • U.S. Capitol
      • U.S. Supreme Court Building
      • Library of Congress
      • U.S. Botanic Garden
      • Union Station
      • Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument