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Want to see a huge selection of ornamental cherry trees in all their glorious full bloom, but prefer to avoid the crowds at the Tidal Basin this weekend?
Then try a visit to the 450-acre U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, DC.
The park has over 2,000 cherry trees on their grounds representing 230 different species, […]
A piece of submarine history is floating in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and is open to the public for tours. The submarine is the USS Torsk, a WW-II Navy submarine. It made two war patrols in the Pacific theater during World War II and remained active until 1968.
The Torsk operated out of Pearl Harbor from where […]
Ever see a whale up close in its natural environment? Now you can too off the coast if Virginia, on a whale watching boat tour.
I had the lucky experience on a dive boat, while scuba diving off of the Big Island of Hawaii several years ago.
My encounter occurred while cruising to a new dive […]
…no, the Old Executive Office Building, or is it the Eisenhower Executive Office Building?
Regardless what you call it, people either love it or hate it; due to its very unique and as some people think, totally out of place architectural style.
The exterior, with its 900 columns, and 1,500+ windows is Second Empire Style, an architectural style […]
Here’s a rare chance to tour seven of Old Town Alexandria’s most beautifully restored and decorated homes. At the 66th annual Alexandria Tour of Homes you can take a self-guided tour of some of the most notable homes in Old Town.
While the list of homes will not be released for security reasons until just before the […]
No, they’re not the latest NLH hockey franchise team, they’re the original World War II DUKW (”Duck” or lovingly called the “magoo”) amphibious vehicles that you can tour DC in.
The history of the DUKW starts in 1942, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. General Motors started production of the DUKW by making a propeller-driven, […]
Three years in the making, the Segway Personal Transporter is the world’s first two-wheeled, self-balancing, electric transport device.
With no accelerator or brake, the Segway is propelled simply by the rider’s posture and motion. Leaning forward causes the Segway to roll forward, lean back and it stops or reverses. A single knob on the left hand […]
In 1878, two men and a boy were looking for caves to explore when one felt a cool breeze coming up from a hole. For four hours, they moved the loose rocks and dug. Once the opening was large enough, they slid down a rope into the cave. Much to their surprise, they discovered the […]
Take an in-depth technical tour of Frank-Loyde Wright’s Pope-Leighey House in suburban Alexandria, VA.
This Wright designed home for the “common man” was built in the 1940s. With a planned cost of under $5,000, (excluding land), even the middle class could afford a small, yet comofirtable Wright home.
Loren Pope, a writer for the Washington Star newspaper […]
During his two terms as President, Woodrow Wilson drove much legislation, including passing the 16th (income tax), the 17th (direct election of Senators by the voters), and the 19th (women’s right to vote) Amendments. He vetoed the Volsteat Act, which banned the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors, and gave the federal government the […]
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