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Anacostia Park
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With over 1200 acres, Anacostia Park is one of Washington, D.C.'s largest and most important recreation areas. Included in Anacostia Park is Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens and Kenilworth Marsh.  more...
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Biking
, Fishing
, Hiking
, Wildlife Viewing
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Arena Stage
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Arena Stage produces plays that reveal all that is passionate, exuberant, deep and dangerous in the American spirit and stands as a flagship theater. The first not-for-profit theater in the United more...
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Museum/Visitor Center
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Arts and Industries Building
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Over the years the Arts and Industries Building has served as a repository for many special exhibitions, from the first ladies' gowns to the Spirit of St. Louis, now displayed in other Smithsonian more...
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Museum/Visitor Center
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Battleground National Cemetery
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Battleground National Cemetery, located at 6625 Georgia Avenue, NW, was established shortly after the Battle of Fort Stevens in the summer of 1864. The battle, which lasted two days (July 11 through more...
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Constitution Gardens
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Constitution Gardens is a living legacy to the founding of the republic as well as an oasis in the midst of a city landscape. The 50 acres of the park were originally beneath the Potomac River! A more...
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Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
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America's transfer from civil war to peace was made more difficult on April 14, 1865, when Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed, just five days after General Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House. more...
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Museum/Visitor Center
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Fort Dupont Park
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A "park for all seasons" describes the 376 rolling wooded acres that make up one of the largest parks in all of Washington. Picnics, nature walks, Civil War programs, gardening, environmental more...
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Museum/Visitor Center
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
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Located along the famous Cherry Tree Walk on the Western edge of the Tidal Basin near the National Mall, this is a memorial not only to FDR, but also to the era he represents. The memorial traces more...
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Museum/Visitor Center
, Wildlife Viewing
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Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
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From 1877 to 1895, this was the home of Frederick Douglass, the Nation's leading 19th-century African American spokesman. Visitors to the site will learn more about his efforts to abolish slavery and more...
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Museum/Visitor Center
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George Mason Memorial
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The George Mason Memorial, located in East Potomac Park near the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, commemorates the neglected contributions of an important Founding Father. George Mason was the author of more...
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