Things to do in DC

Museums:

• The Smithsonian
• African Art Museum
• Air & Space Museum
• American History Museum
• Hirshhorn Modern Art Museum
• The National Zoo
• Natural History Museum
• The National Portrait Gallery
• Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle

Monuments:

Washington DC Monuments and Memorials
• FDR Memorial
• Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Jefferson Memorial
• Lincoln Memorial
• Washington Monument
• The White House

Cool Places

Eats
• Ben’s Chili Bowl – landmark restaurant celebrated by Bill Cosby & Obama!
• Bus Boys & Poets – independent book store & restaurant inspired by the poet and bus boy Langston Hughes.
• The Gibson - washington’s own speak easy… reservations recommended. And make sure you write down the address, the door is not marked.
• Soul Veg - The best vegan/ vegetarian mac and cheese you have ever had!

Fun:
• The Palace of Wonders – a side show bar, with a museum of oddities and stage featuring local and national variety & burlesque shows.
• the Billy Goat Trail – an intense hike for the out doorsey types.
• Free Things to do in DC! - a list of the top 100 things to do in the Washington DC area.

Shopping

Adams Morgan – ‘Adams Morgan is a culturally diverse neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., centered at the intersection of 18th Street and Columbia Road. Adams Morgan is considered the center of Washington’s hispanic immigrant community, and is a major night life area with many bars and restaurants, particularly along 18th Street (the primary commercial district) and Columbia Road. Much of the neighborhood is composed of 19th- and early 20th-century row houses and apartment buildings.

Georgetown – is a neighborhood located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River waterfront. Founded in 1751, the city of Georgetown substantially predated the establishment of the city of Washington and the District of Columbia. Georgetown retained its separate municipal status until 1871, when it was assimilated into the city of Washington.