In addition to touring gardens, I did some touristing to national monuments and historic sites! Everywhere you look there’s a piece of history and a story. I enjoyed walking everywhere because you could stop and discover places and hidden gems.

Apple Carnegie Library

Logan Circle Park

Major General George Henry Thomas Statue

U.S Department of the Treasury

The White House and the National Christmas Tree

Pershing Park / John J. Pershing General of the Armies

Dupont Circle Fountain

Lafayette Square / Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette Statue

United States Capitol

World War II Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Reflecting Pool and Washington Monument

Famous Homes: John Logan House, Richard and Agnes Dolph Nixon’s Home, House Where Lincoln Died, Duke Ellington’s Childhood Home

Chinatown Friendship Archway

National Museum of African American History and Culture

United States Department of Agriculture

From the road – Thomas Jefferson Memorial and Potomac River

Have you been to DC? What are some of your must see historic sites?