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How to Do D.C. With Your History Freak Kid

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Visiting Washington, D.C., can feel like the school trip from hell: no matter who you are, no matter what you’re interested in, you’re stuck with the same obligatory sights. We say, Table that notion! The city is more varied than guidebooks let on, and a whole lot more fun—especially if, like most residents, you have a clear-cut agenda.

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1 Hotel 1 Restaurant 6 Activities

Destinations: The Mall · Georgetown · Dupont Circle · Chinatown/Convention Center

Themes: Arts + Culture · Family

Inspired by: How to Do DC |T+L Family — by David Plotz, Published Feb. 2007

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    Hotel Tabard Inn

    Dupont Circle | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

    Hotel Tabard Inn spans three 19th-century town houses, and each of the 40 rooms is unique—part of the charm for its avid repeat guests.

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    Moby Dick House of Kabob

    Georgetown | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

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    National Portrait Gallery

    Chinatown/Convention Center | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

    Housed in the newly renovated Old Patent Office Building.

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    Dolcezza

    Georgetown | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

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    National World War II Memorial

    The Mall | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

    In a city rife with contrary opinions, few subjects have ignited as the location of the National World War II Memorial - smack on the National Mall

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    Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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    The Mall | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

    Even for those who didn’t lose friends or family members in the Vietnam War, Maya Lin’s pair of stark, polished-granite, 250-foot-long walls, inscr

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    National Air and Space Museum

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    The Mall | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

    The world's most-visited museum is heavenly for adults and a must for kids. A seemingly endless assemblage of artifacts from the history of flight—

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    Dumbarton Oaks

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    Georgetown | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

    Part of a vast estate off a quiet Georgetown street, the 10-acre garden of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection is a celebration of l

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