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Downtown
The National Geographic Museum of Exploration is coming to Washington, D.C. summer 2026.
Dupont Circle
Dine intimately in the presidential Dining Room, enjoy cocktails throughout the main museum rooms or relax and unwind in the tranquil period garden.
NoMa & Union Market
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DC Metro Area
Embark DC Private Boat Tours — See DC Differently!
Capitol Hill
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Petworth
President Lincoln's Cottage offers a unique, historic, and award-winning experience for locals and travelers alike!
Georgetown
At The Graham Hotel
Specializing in daily, lectured sightseeing tours of DC, including trolley tours, double-decker tours and historic day trips.
Maryland
National Aquarium
Experience the history and splendor of Gilded Age Washington at Anderson House, a 1905 Beaux Arts mansion built as the winter home of Larz Anderson, an American diplomat, and his wife, Isabel
Wesley Heights
The Kreeger Museum is a DC art museum focused on Impressionism, early Modernism, and Contemporary sculpture.
Quill Cocktail Bar Lounge
“We left feeling like game show legends.”
