THE BEST Sights and Attractions in Washington, DC

🏛️ Sights and Attractions in Washington, DC

• National Mall — The National Mall is a landscaped park near the downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. It contains and borders a number of museums of the Smithsonian Institution, art galleries, cultural institutions, and memorials, sculptures, and statues. It i
• Lincoln Memorial — The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the National Mall of Washington, D.C. The memorial is built in a neoclassical style in the form of a classical temple. The memorial's
• Washington Monument — The Washington Monument is a 555-foot (169 m) tall obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. Standing east of the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial, the
• White House — The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 when the national capital was moved from Phil
• U.S. Capitol — The United States Capitol is the seat of the US Congress on Capitol Hill, with a 1857 cast-iron dome, the Rotunda, the National Statuary Hall, and the Senate and House chambers. Free guided tours are available with advance reservation.
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial — The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Vietnam War. The two-acre (8,100 m2) site is dominated by two black granite walls eng
• Arlington National Cemetery — is the largest cemetery in the United States National Cemetery System, one of two maintained by the United States Army. More than 400,000 people are buried in its 639 acres in Arlington County, Virginia.
• Jefferson Memorial — The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C., built in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the nation's third president. Built between 1939 and 1943, the memorial features multiple quotes
• National Air and Space Museum — The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, dedicated to human flight and space exploration.
• Mitscher Park — A small waterfront park in Southwest Washington D.C. along the Anacostia River, named after Admiral Marc Mitscher, with walking paths and river views.