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The grounds in front of the National Academy of Sciences feature DC鈥檚 most huggable monument: Robert Berks' bronze 1978 statue of Albert Einstein. The larger-than-life, sandal-shod, chubby bronze reclines on a bench, while little kids crawl all over him and frolic on a granite 鈥榮tar map鈥 dais depicting the heavens that his theories reshaped for humanity.


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1. National Academy of Sciences

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Made up of approximately 2000 members, including almost 200 Nobel Prize winners, these are the folks the government hits up for scientific advice (whether鈥

2. Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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In a city of classic, white-marble monuments, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial stands out on the National Mall for its stark modernism. Designed by 21-year鈥

3. Three Servicemen Statue

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In 1982, opponents of Maya Lin鈥檚 Vietnam memorial design insisted that a more traditional sculpture be added to the monument. As a result, sculptor鈥

4. Vietnam Women's Memorial

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The tree-ringed Vietnam Women's Memorial, showing female soldiers aiding a fallen combatant, was added to complement the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1993.

5. State Department

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The headquarters of the American diplomatic corps is a forbidding, well-guarded edifice 鈥 modernist, monolithic and unfriendly. In stark contrast are the鈥

6. Federal Reserve

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鈥楾he Fed,鈥 is the Olympus of the Gods of the American Economy. Housed in a monolithic white building that closely resembles a Soviet ministry, it is鈥

7. Lincoln Memorial

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Anchoring the National Mall's west end is the hallowed shrine to Abraham Lincoln, who gazes across the Reflecting Pool beneath his neoclassical, Doric鈥

8. Reflecting Pool

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Henry Bacon, who designed the Lincoln Memorial, also conceived the iconic Reflecting Pool, modeling it after the canals at Versailles and Fontainebleau鈥