Green Meadows, Prince George's County, Maryland

landmark and historical building

The Point at Falls Church

2121 N Westmoreland St

Someone looking to wake up near the Metro and spend their evenings walking to local restaurants and shops will find themselves in a well-positioned building here, practical more than precious despite what the listing copy promises.

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Albert Pike Memorial

3RD St NW

Gaetano Trentanove's bronze figures commemorate a Confederate general, poet, and Mason whose legacy remains complicated. History buffs and monument scholars should visit to grapple with what D.C. chooses to memorialize.

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American Federation of Labor Building

901 Massachusetts Ave NW

This 1916 brick landmark on Massachusetts Avenue holds the skeleton of labor's early power—the exterior is all that remains after merging into the AFL-CIO, then disappearing into a modern hotel. History buffs and anyone curious about where American workers first organized should come see what's left.

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Ashburton House

1525 H St NW

Anyone interested in how international treaties actually get made should see where Webster and Ashburton hammered out the border with Canada over tea and difficult conversations in 1842.

landmark and historical building

Bank of Alexandria

133 N Fairfax St

A three-story Federal-era bank from 1807 that's watched Alexandria transform from merchant port to Civil War hospital to modern city, its sturdy brick facade holding two centuries of the neighborhood's reinventions.

landmark and historical building

Banneker Overlook

People drawn to the actual history behind D.C.'s layout should find their way here, where Banneker helped stake out the city itself before most of it existed.