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• Smithsonian Castle: The first of 19 Smithsonian buildings & museums

• National Postal Museum: History of U.S. mail since the stagecoach

• Washington National Zoo: America's Panda Central!

• Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Gardens: Tracing modern sculpture from the mid-1800s

• International Spy Museum: An exclusive peek into the world's second oldest profession

• African American Civil War Memorial & Museum: Only one of its kind in the USA

• White House: Historical home to 43 U.S. presidents

• U Street: A historic and happening spot

• National Air & Space Museum: the most visited museum in the world

• National Building Museum: Celebrating the nation's architectural genius

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: America’s tribute to a tragedy

• National Museum of American History: The USA's central depot for all things Americana

• The Lincoln Memorial: Pure patriotic magic

• Torpedo Factory: Fine art in a funky place

• Maryland Zoo in Baltimore lets visitors walk on the wild side

• Harborplace and the Gallery: Shopping, Dining and Fun

• National Aquarium puts visitors up-close with sealife

• American Visionary Art Museum: A Must See in Baltimore

U.S. Bureau of Engraving & Printing: Show me the money!

U.S. Bureau of Engraving & Printing: Show me the money!
Watch real currency printed at the nation’s only location that produces paper dollars! At the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, visitors see how U.S. paper currency is printed, stacked, cut and examined before distribution to the Federal Reserve banks. The bureau also prints a plethora of official U.S. government documents.

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The National Archives Building: Home to the Charters of Freedom

The National Archives Building: Home to the Charters of Freedom
Home to the original United States Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., houses some of the most important political and social documents from modern human history.

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Arlington National Cemetery: Final resting place for 300,000 honored Americans

Arlington National Cemetery: Final resting place for 300,000 honored Americans
Serving as the final resting place to more than 300,000 Americans, including presidents and a first lady, Arlington National Cemetery is a history lesson about many of the most famous conflicts and individuals who gave their lives to secure this nation’s status as a free country.

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Washington Monument: The flagship memorial to America's Father

Washington Monument: The flagship memorial to America's Father
Both the world's tallest stone structure and the world's tallest obelisk, the Washington Monument for 125 years has served as the primary memorial to America’s Founding Father and first president.

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National Museum of African Art – The story of African art heritage and history

National Museum of African Art – The story of African art heritage and history
Founded in 1964 and formerly located in Frederick Douglass's Washington, D.C. house, the National Museum of African Art is one of the Smithsonian Institution’s newest museum’s in the physical setting along the National Mall just west of the U.S. Capitol building.

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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Simply stunning

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Simply stunning
This world-renowned collection of American art spans more than three hundred years of national history.

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Jefferson Memorial: Controversial tribute to the third U.S. president

Jefferson Memorial: Controversial tribute to the third U.S. president
Built on a man-made peninsula just south of the National Mall area of downtown Washington, D.C., the Jefferson Memorial is an open-air tribute to the nation’s third president – the only president to never veto an act of Congress.

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National Museum of the American Indian – A close-up look at our native peoples

National Museum of the American Indian – A close-up look at our native peoples
The very newest in a long line of Smithsonian Institution museums, the National Museum of the American Indian is a museum dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history and arts of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere.

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U.S. Capitol Building: Where the law of the land finds life

U.S. Capitol Building: Where the law of the land finds life
Home to the U.S. Congress – and once even home to the Supreme Court -- the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., is an emblem of the American populace and their government, the gathering place of the nation's elected representatives.

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Ford’s Theatre: The country’s first presidential assassination site lives on

Ford’s Theatre: The country’s first presidential assassination site lives on
Washington, D.C.’s Ford’s Theatre, where Lincoln was gunned down by John Wilkes Booth, is simultaneously national historic landmark, live playhouse and consistently popular tourist site.

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