Andrea Seiger

111 Places in Washington, DC That You Must Not Miss

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Produktbeschreibung

Whether one is a visitor or a long-time resident, go on a scavenger hunt through this beautiful, interesting, and lavishly landscaped city. Explore all four quadrants, into the neighborhoods and beyond the monuments in search of unusual venues, artifacts and art, such as Einstein's surround-sound; the pantry and kitchen of a great estate; gifts to the people of the United States and monuments to great musicians. Discoveries may be hidden or even in plain sight. There are treasures everywhere.

Produktdetails

• 111 Places ...
• Verlag: Emons Verlag
• 5., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 205mm x 135mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9783740823993
• ISBN-10: 3740823992
• Artikelnr.: 71532796

Autorenporträt

Andrea Seiger is a world and domestic traveler who has lived in Washington DC for 30 plus years and has worked in nearly every business involved in tourism and hospitality. When asked how she knows so much about DC, she responds, "I work in tourism, and it's my business to know my city. And I love showing people who live here just how much there is to learn about our home town." She lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the height of the Disco Era, has traveled thousands of miles on the Mayan Route of Mexico and loves to road trip around the Mid-Atlantic US and beyond. Her travel bucket list includes visiting all 50 US states; every country in the continent of the Americas and all of the New 7 Wonders of the World, the Galapagos, Machu Picchu and Angkor Wat. She is pretty far along on the list. Eager traveling feet get her out an about as often as possible, whether on the streets of DC or somewhere else in the world.

Inhaltsangabe

50 States Bike Route Cycle through every state in a single day 10 56
Signers Memorial Chill out with the Founding Fathers 12 African American
Civil War Museum Telling the ancestors’ stories Marquett, a young 14
Albert Einstein Memorial I myself should be dead already but I’m still here
16 American Geophysical Union Building An architectural and engineering
playground 18 Anacostia Park Roller Rink This is how we roll 20
Art-o-Mat Art is a much better addiction 22 Arts Walk Art and poetry with
beer 24 Bald Eagle Nest Mr. President and LOTUS among the azaleas 26
Bartholdi Fountain The fountain cousin of the Statue of Liberty 28
Bathyscaphe Trieste Dive to the deepest part of the ocean 30 The Big
Chair A neighborhood symbol 32 Black Cat Alt music and family tradition
34 Bladensburg Dueling Grounds Where gentlemen killed each other 36
Booth’s Derringer Assassination at the theater 38 Boundary Stone NW6 One
of the oldest boundary markers of city limits 40 The Canterbury Pulpit
Martin Luther King’s last sermon 42 Capital Pool Checkers Crown Me! 44
Capital Slave Pens Twelve years a slave in the cradle of freedom 46
Caruso Florist Not just any flower shop 48 Cedar Hill Frederick Douglass
had the best views 50 Ching Ching Cha Taking tea in the Chinese tradition
52 Chuck Brown Park A shrine to the Godfather of Go-Go 54 Colonel
Dahlgren’s Leg Buried with full military honors 56 Crypt of James
Smithson Laid to rest in his legacy 58 Culture House DC Abandoned church
becomes an art centerpiece 60 Da Vinci’s de’ Benci She flew in a
first-class window seat 62 Dance Place This is dance central 64 DC Fire
and EMS Museum City history through a firefighter’s lens 66 Department of
the Interior Murals Painting our American lives 68 Dupont Circle Fountain
Hangin’ with the Rear Admiral 70 Dupont Underground From tracks to
treasure 72 Earliest Cherry Trees They survived blight and keep on
blooming 74 Electronic Superhighway Neon ode to the American road trip
76 Evalyn Walsh McLean House Where the Hope Diamond owner spent her teens
78 Exorcist Steps & Stories Terrifying and head-spinningly steep 80 FDR
Desk Memorial A minor yet mighty presidential memorial 82 Fort Stevens
Civil War skirmish in the capital 84 Franciscan Monastery Catacombs,
martyrs, and a mummified child 86 Frank Kameny Gravesite Gay rights
pioneer is not buried here 88 Gallaudet University The epicenter of the
deaf world 90 Game Fish Look at what we hooked! 92 George Mason
Memorial A neglected Founding Father 94 Georgetown Flea Market Upscale
picking 96 Georgetown Labyrinth Contemplation along the waterfront 98
Gorby Intersection Gorbachev stops traffic and thaws the Cold War 100
Harriet Tubman’s Shawl Gift from a queen to a fearless warrior for freedom
102 Hillwood Breakfast Taste testing with Marjorie Merriweather Post
104 Howard Theatre Where the greats have played 106 International Spy
Museum Spy pigeons and their covert critter colleagues 108 Iron Gate
Restaurant A young hooker takes down a Soviet defector 110 JFK Thank You
Plaque With gratitude from frozen newsmen 112 John Philip Sousa Home
Marching with the spirits of great Washingtonians 114 Julia Child’s
Kitchen If you’re afraid of butter, use cream 116 Kenilworth Aquatic
Gardens An age-old dance of wind, water, and land 118 Key Bridge
Boathouse Paddling on the Potomac 120 KGB Double Agent Escape Where spy
met spy 122 Khalil Gibran Memorial Beauty shall rise with the dawn 124
LeDroit Park A historic bastion of African-American influencers 126
Letelier-Moffitt Memorial Assassination on Embassy Row 128 Lincoln Life
Masks A civil war can change the face of a man 130 Lincoln’s Cottage He
wrote the Emancipation Proclamation here 132 The Longest Protest Civic
action facing the White House 134 Longest City Bus Tour The $2 city tour
136 The Magic Tree Box A fairy world at your feet 138 Maine Avenue Fish
Market Crabs, oysters, and fried fish sammiches 140 Mansion on O Street
Wonder, through secret doorways 142 The Market Lunch Blue bucks for
breakfast 144 Mexican Cultural Institute Stairway to vibrant colors and
rich traditions 146 Millennium Stage Free entertainment 365 days a year
Nearly every 148 Missing Soldiers Office Fate lent a hand – and a letter
– to save history 150 Mitsitam Café It means, “Let’s eat!” 152 MLK Time
Capsule A skateboarder never notices 154 Mount Zion Cemetery A stop on
the Underground Railroad 156 Mumbo Sauce at Yum’s The foodstuff of urban
legend 158 New Hampshire Period Room A children’s attic playroom 160
Newton’s Apple Tree From the roots of science history 162 Oldest
Mini-Golf Course The most important shot in golf is the next one 164 Omni
Shoreham Ghost Suite Apparition in residence 166 Orphée Mural Marc
Chagall’s mythical mosaic 168 Owney the Railway Mascot The dog who
traveled the world by mail transport 170 Perry’s Drag Brunch Hello,
Gorgeous! 172 Peterbug Shoe Academy Not your average cobbler shop 174
Planet Word Privies Flush with bathroom humor 176 Prairie Dogs Cutest zoo
animals, and natives too 178 The President’s Walk The failed
assassination of President Reagan 180 Riggs Bank Building Money
launderers to the dictators of the world 182 Ripley Center Mural
Illusions of an ancient city 184 Rock Creek Park Horse Center Riding in
the middle of the city 186 Rock Creek Planetarium Night sky in the park
188 Scottish Rite Temple Of Freemasons and the city 190 Shakespeare’s
First Folios The Bard’s work on Capitol Hill 192 The Shoe Room We are the
shoes. We are the last witnesses. 194 Shop Made in DC Bringing local
makers to the fore 196 Smokey Bear’s Office Only you can prevent forest
fires 198 The Spice Suite There is no fun in selling bottles of fennel
200 Theodore Roosevelt Island A living memorial with a rich history 202
Thomas Jefferson Papers To be perused up close 204 Transportation Walk
Round, round, get around, I get around 206 Tricycle House Riding up the
wall 208 True Reformer Hall Duke Ellington’s first paid gig 210 Turkish
Ambassador’s Home From bottle caps to jazz tradition 212 Uline Arena The
Beatles played their first US concert here 214 Union Station Sentries
What are they hiding behind those shields? 216 The Uptown Theater An art
deco movie palace 218 USNO Master Clock Where accuracy really matters
220 Vace Italian Deli Family recipes for the best pasta and pizza 222
Waldseemüller Map Birth certificate of the Americas 224 The Willard Lobby
So much history, and that’s just in the lobby 226 Wright Flyer to the
Moon First in flight, first to the moon 228 Zero Milestone All roads lead
from Washington 230