DC Attractions and Oddities
All the weird attractions, hidden sights, and unusual places in DC. Visitor Tips, news, stories, field reports.
Also see: Gone But Not Forgotten - Closed classic attractions
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Washington: 34-Foot-Tall Tower of 6,800 Fake Lincoln Books - Washington: 9/11 Healing Totem Poles
- Washington: Abraham Lincoln's Hitching Post
- Washington: Accordion Grave
- Washington: Almost Last Surviving Temperance Fountain
- Washington: American Acropolis
- Washington: Animatronic Smokey Bear
- Washington: Arsenal Explosion Mass Grave
- Washington: Barrel House Barrel
- Washington: Big Green Chair
- Washington: Big Plow Made from Guns
- Washington: Boy Scout Memorial - Sparingly Clad Chums
- Washington: Card Catalog Grave
- Washington: Cenotaph of John Quincy Adams
- Washington: Charles Siegert: Death by Tiger
- Washington: Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go
- Washington: Colossal Mud Monster Head of JFK
- Washington: Congressional Cemetery: A Not-Grave Graveyard
- Washington: Cuba Friendship Urn
- Washington: Daguerre Monument - Snap a Picture!
- Washington: Deadly Black Aggie Statue
- Washington: Duke Ellington in Steel
- Washington: Erroneous Sculpture of Chester A. Arthur
- Washington: FDR Memorial: Wheelchair, Bread Line, Fala
- Washington: Famous Monuments of Washington
- Washington: Famous Shrouded Grave Statue
- Washington: Father of the Gerrymander Grave
- Washington: Ford's Theatre Museum - Lincoln Assassinationabilia
- Washington: Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Block
- Washington: Gandhi Statue
- Washington: Gargoyles, and Darth Vader
- Washington: George Mason, Neglected Founding Father
- Washington: George Washington's Endangered Stool
- Washington: George Washington's Hippo
- Washington: Grave of Lincoln's Unwitting Attendant
- Washington: Grave of the Queen of the Corporate Jungle
- Washington: Hall of (Fake) Presidents
- Washington: Herbert Hoover Rested Here
- Washington: Hindu Goddess and Barack Obama
- Washington: Holy Land of America - Catacombs Replica
- Washington: House of the Temple
- Washington: International Spy Museum
- Washington: JFK Ich Bin Ein Berliner Mural
- Washington: JFK Proposal Booth, Presidents Hangout
- Washington: John Philip Sousa: The March King
- Washington: Joke Phone
- Washington: Killed by a Car Bomb Here
- Washington: Koyla Dunaev: The Dime Bender
- Washington: Largest Catholic Church - Mortal Combat Jesus
- Washington: Lifelike Lincoln at Theater
- Washington: Lincoln Frees Enslaved Man
- Washington: MLK Time Capsule Buried Here
- Washington: Martha, Last Passenger Pigeon
- Washington: Mary Fuller: Silent Movie Star
- Washington: Mary Hall: DC Brothel Madam
- Washington: Mary Surratt's Boarding House: Where Lincoln's Assassins Lurked
- Washington: Men of the Titanic Memorial
- Washington: Moon Rock in a Church Window
- Washington: Most Scandalous Statue in DC
- Washington: Mural of Presidents: Eisenhower Thru Obama
- Washington: Mural with Barack and Michelle Obama
- Washington: Mural: Ride, Harris, Ginsburg
- Washington: Mythology of Canada Statue
- Washington: National Air and Space Museum
- Washington: National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
- Washington: National Law Enforcement Museum
- Washington: National World War II Memorial
- Washington: Nuns of the Battlefield
- Washington: Obscure Monument to Lobsterdom
- Washington: Oldest Surviving Statue of Lincoln
- Washington: Owney, the Postal Dog Mascot
- Washington: Parking Deck Leg of Col. Dahlgren
- Washington: People Beneath the Pedestal
- Washington: Photo-Op Grave of Matthew Brady
- Washington: Pink Triangle Grave of a Gay Vet
- Washington: Pope John Paul II's Skis
- Washington: President Garfield Shot Here
- Washington: President-Endorsed Homeopathy Statue
- Washington: Push-Ma-Ta-Ha
- Washington: Rock Beats Scissors: Mandela vs Churchill
- Washington: Roman Soldier Modesty Shields
- Washington: Run-Over Fireman Monument
- Washington: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Mural
- Washington: Scary Staircase From "The Exorcist"
- Washington: Sit On Einstein's Lap
- Washington: Sonny Bono Memorial Park
- Washington: Star-Spangled Banner First Sung
- Washington: Statue of the Arson Dog
- Washington: Statue of the First Korean-American
- Washington: Steel Mobius of Speaker Foley
- Washington: Stuffed Civil War Hero Horse
- Washington: Taza: Apache Chief
- Washington: Technicolor Church
- Washington: Temporary Tomb of the Presidents
- Washington: The People's House
- Washington: The Watermelon House
- Washington: Theodore Roosevelt Island
- Washington: Tomb of Mayor-For-Life Marion Barry
- Washington: Transformers of Georgetown
- Washington: Two-Faced Ingrid Bergman
- Washington: Ugliest Public Sculpture in DC
- Washington: Unmarked Grave of a Lincoln Conspirator
- Washington: Victims of Communism Memorial
- Washington: Warner Walk of Fame
- Washington: Washington Never Slept Here
- Washington: Where Hinckley Shot Reagan
- Washington: Williams "Slave Pen" Markers
- Washington: World's Largest Duncan Phyfe Chair
- Washington: World's Oldest Working Elevator
- Washington: Zero Milestone
Gone But Not Forgotten
Closed and extinct places -- the classics and the quirky. A virtual revisit, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...
- Washington: Father of the Soviet Hydrogen Bomb
- Washington: Ford Theater Gum Tree
- Washington: Igloo and Polar Bears
- Washington: Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
- Washington: Museum at Palace of Wonders
- Washington: Newseum
- Washington: Revelation Dragon and Sabertooth Tiger
- Washington: Soap Man - In Storage
- Washington: Squished Penny Museum
- Washington: The Crime Museum
