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Washington, D.C.: a self-guided walk
Generated from Wikivoyage's See list for Washington, D.C.: 7 stops, about 1.3 km and 52 minutes on foot. Not a guided tour; check each place before you go.
7 stops · 1.3 km · about 52 min on foot · Wikivoyage source · fetched 2026-11-07 02:08:46 UTC. Not a guided tour: check each place before you go.
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Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
It's not clear whether the small-government Republican would enjoy having one of the biggest, most expensive recent federal buildings ($768 million), filled with agencies like USAID and U.S. Customs, named in his honor. But it is an impressive sight inside and out (especially inside). The building has several restaurants fast-food and otherwise, public artworks, shops, and enormous conference and party space, popular for political galas, business conferences, and expensive wedding receptions. Free WiFi.
38.89389, -77.03083 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Freedom Plaza
Named in honor of Martin Luther King Jr, who penned his I have a Dream speech at the Willard Hotel on this plaza, the stone center has a huge map of Pierre L'Enfant's original plan for the City of Washington. At the west end is an equestrian statue of Kazimierz Pułaski, an American Revolutionary War general from Poland, who once saved George Washington's life, and who is known as the Father of American cavalry.
38.89580, -77.03070 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Old Post Office Tower
At the top of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel Washington DC. One of the best views of the city.
38.89398, -77.02797 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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J. Edgar Hoover FBI building
FBI Headquarters. This brutalist office building is in bad condition and will likely be demolished eventually.
38.89520, -77.02500 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Ford's Theatre Museum
A great museum detailing the life of Abraham Lincoln and the place where he was assassinated.
38.89667, -77.02583 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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House Where Lincoln Died
1865 was perhaps the most consequential year in presidential history, when, on the 14th of April, John Wilkes Booth, a prominent actor at Ford's Theatre and Confederate sympathizer shot President Lincoln in his balcony seat. Attendants carried Lincoln across the street to a small bedroom in the small row-house across the street, but the doctors were unable to save the president. He died early morning the next day. This isn't so much a museum—it's just a small room with a few plaques, recreated to look as it did on that day. The house is operated by the National Park Service, and visited via to
38.89667, -77.02583 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
The collection here is a walk through encyclopedia of American Art—Gilbert Stuart's stern presidential portraits through Nam June Paik's house-sized America sculpture of neon and televisions.
38.89700, -77.02270 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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