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The United States Capitol is the meeting place of the U.S. Congress, the legislature of the U.S. federal government. Located in Washington, D.C., it sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall.
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The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
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The National Mall is the monumental green space at the heart of Washington, D.C., the fulcrum of the national psyche, and the hub of civic America. The park is home to the Smithsonian, a huge collection of the nation's best (and free) museums, as well as most of the country's most famous memorials and monuments.
The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall, built to commemorate George Washington.
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The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. across from the Washington Monument.
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The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution holds the largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft in the world in 161,145 square feet of exhibition floor space.
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The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution. The museum's collections total over 126 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, and human cultural artifacts.
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The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden has one of the finest art collections in the world. The strongest collection is the Italian Renaissance collection, which includes Filippo Lippi, Botticelli and the only Leonardo da Vinci painting in the Americas, and significant groups of works by Titian and Raphael. However, the other European collections include examples of the work of many of the great masters of western painting.
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The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third President of the United States.
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By car or bus from the following airports:
- Washington Dulles: 30 mi / 30 min
- Baltimore/Washington: 30 mi / 45 min
- Ronald Reagan Washington (limited service): 5 mi / 15 min
Or by Acela Express train from Boston - New York City - Philadelphia
- Washington Dulles: 30 mi / 30 min
- Baltimore/Washington: 30 mi / 45 min
- Ronald Reagan Washington (limited service): 5 mi / 15 min
Or by Acela Express train from Boston - New York City - Philadelphia