Barry Farm

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Chinatown Park

A sliver of green tucked into the neighborhood's grid, where locals cut through on their way somewhere else and occasionally stop to actually sit down.

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Nationals Park

If you actually care about baseball—or just want to be around thousands of people having a genuinely good time—this is where DC does it. Catch a game and you'll understand why people keep coming back.

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Abraham Lincoln

2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW

People come to sit across from this limestone giant and feel the weight of what he witnessed, carved by French into a posture of exhaustion and resolve that photographs never quite capture.

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Air Mail Marker

Ohio Dr

History buffs and aviation nerds come here to stand where President Wilson watched the first airmail flight take off in 1918—though the pilot famously got lost en route to Philadelphia.

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Alexander Hamilton Statue

This bronze portrait by a master sculptor captures Hamilton in a quiet moment on Treasury grounds—a fitting perch for the man who built the financial system he's guarding. Worth a stop if you're already downtown and want a few minutes of contemplation with one of the founding generation's most restless minds.

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All Hallows Guild Traveling Carousel

You can ride a rare 1890s carousel with a Wurlitzer organ inside the National Cathedral—a traveling carnival piece that's been stationary here since 1963, now mostly glimpsed by people who stumble onto it during fundraisers.