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Deep Throat Parking Garage

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

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Rosslyn Metro Escalator

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

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Dark Star Park

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

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DEA Museum

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

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Arlington Cemetery's Headstone-Eating Trees

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

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The Graves of Robert E. Lee's Garden

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

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Gravelly Point Park

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

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Abingdon Plantation Ruins

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

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Union Soldiers Buried Their Dead in Robert E. Lee’s Garden

Before Arlington was a national cemetery, it was the Lee homestead, and then a tent city for occupying troops.

by Jessica Leigh Hester

October 26, 2018