Phillips Collection
Canvasses by the likes of Picasso, Kandinsky, Rothko and O'Keefe are on display in the Phillips Collection, sited in an ornate nineteenth-century mansion.

The White House
It's undeniably cool to see the White House through the black front gates, and for a historical lowdown, go to the nearby visitor's center for photos, film footage and tantalizing trivia.

Reeve's Restaurant and Bakery
Reeve's is an old-style diner where the matronly waitstaff will "Honey" and "Darlin'" you to death as they serve up the yummiest strawberry-custard pie in DC.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Atypically subdued for a war memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a somber sight, its black marble wall engraved with the name of every soldier killed in Vietnam.

National Museum of American History
This eclectic museum - holding everything from reconstructed dinosaurs to antique gramophones and Dorothy's red shoes - is not to be missed. A kitsch lover's delight.

The Tombs
When strolling around Georgetown, pop into The Tombs, a studenty basement dive where, it's said, a young Bill Clinton indulged in burgers and beers.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Want to make a million dollars fast? For the folks at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, doing so every day is par for the course, and you can watch as sheets of "pretty green" are sliced into individual bills and then dumped into wheelbarrows.

US Holocaust Memorial Museum
As unflinching a look at the Holocaust as you'll find - the Holocaust Museum's powerful exhibits cover the rise of the Nazi party and include such personal effects as the shoes, combs and the like taken from victims.

Adams-Morgan and Georgetown
Stroll through Adams-Morgan and Georgetown, the best neighborhoods in which to discover that DC isn't all monuments, memorials and museums.