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Known as 鈥楪-dub鈥 or 鈥楪W,鈥 this university has been a bedrock of Washington identity since its founding in 1821. Besides shaping much of the American political landscape, GW has shaped the capital itself, buying up town houses on such a scale that it is now the city鈥檚 second-biggest landowner after the federal government. Its list of famous alumni is mighty impressive, and includes Edgar Hoover, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, John Foster Dulles, J William Fulbright, Colin Powell, Bob Woodward and Elizabeth Warren.

The university is spread over several blocks between F, 20th and 24th Sts and Pennsylvania Ave in Foggy Bottom. The best bit of the campus is University Yard, between G, H, 20th and 21st Sts, where Colonial-revival buildings flank a green park bedecked with roses and a statue of 鈥 who else? 鈥 George Washington.

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    Mount Vernon

    13.42 MILES

    One of America's most visited historic sites, Mount Vernon was the beloved home of George and Martha Washington.

  • National Air and Space Museum

    National Air and Space Museum

    1.76 MILES

    The legendary exhibits at the National Air and Space Museum include the Wright brothers' flyer, Chuck Yeager's Bell X-1, Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St鈥

  • National Gallery of Art on the National Mall during spring in Washington D.C.

    National Gallery of Art

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    Two buildings. Hundreds of masterpieces. Infinite enjoyment. It's easy to spend a full day at the National Gallery of Art, which showcases a whole range鈥

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    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

  • The Capitol, Washington, DC

    US Capitol

    2.25 MILES

    Since 1800, this is where the legislative branch of American government (ie Congress) has met to write the country's laws.

  • White House

    White House

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    Play image association with the words 鈥淲ashington, DC,鈥 and chances are the first thing that comes to mind is the White House. The president鈥檚 pad is鈥

  • arlington national cemetery

    Arlington National Cemetery

    1.41 MILES

    Sprawling across hills above the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia, Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place for America鈥檚 most revered鈥

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1. St Mary鈥檚 Episcopal Church

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Built in 1887, St Mary鈥檚 was home to the first black Episcopal congregation in DC, which was established in 1867. James Renwick, designer of the鈥

2. Textile Museum

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This gem is the country鈥檚 only textile museum. Galleries spread over two floors hold exquisite fabrics and carpets. Exhibits revolve around a theme 鈥 say鈥

3. University Yard

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One of the best bits of the George Washington University campus, where Colonial-revival buildings flank a green park bedecked with roses and a statue of 鈥撯

4. Watergate Complex

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Designed by Italian architect Luigi Moretti and DC-based landscape architect Boris Timchenko and constructed between 1963 and 1971, this five-building鈥

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. Octagon Museum

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Designed by William Thornton (the Capitol鈥檚 first architect) in 1800 for one of the largest slave-owners in the state of Virginia, this minimally鈥

7. 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

8. Renwick Gallery

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Part of the Smithsonian group, the Renwick Gallery is set in a stately 1859 mansion on the same block of Pennsylvania as the White House. It's emerged as鈥