Washington D.C.~your top 2 things to do off the beaten path.
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Whistler's Peacock Room in the Freer Museum
http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/americanHome.htm
and the garden next to the Hirshhorn Museum. (No, not the sculpture garden!)
http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/americanHome.htm
and the garden next to the Hirshhorn Museum. (No, not the sculpture garden!)
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The National Building Museum - worth a visit for the building itself alone, plus has interesting exhibits
http://www.nbm.org/
The Corcoran Gallery of Art - the largest non-federal museum in Washington (and it's free on Saturdays through August 29)
http://www.corcoran.org/
http://www.nbm.org/
The Corcoran Gallery of Art - the largest non-federal museum in Washington (and it's free on Saturdays through August 29)
http://www.corcoran.org/
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The old time airshow with wing walkers, antique planes, etc in Bealeton, Va (sort of a drive from DC)
http://www.flyingcircusairshow.com/
Hiking the C&O Canal Tow Path to Great Falls, especially in winter.
http://www.flyingcircusairshow.com/
Hiking the C&O Canal Tow Path to Great Falls, especially in winter.
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kmpb beat me to the Peacock Room.
Hillwood (motto: Where Fabulous Lives) http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/
Hillwood (motto: Where Fabulous Lives) http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/
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Already mentioned:
Corcoran
Dumbarton Oaks
Other in DC:
Library of Congress
Renwick Gallery
Phillips Collection
Alexandria:
Woodlawn Plantation/Pope-Leighey House
River Farm (Amer Horticultural Society
Corcoran
Dumbarton Oaks
Other in DC:
Library of Congress
Renwick Gallery
Phillips Collection
Alexandria:
Woodlawn Plantation/Pope-Leighey House
River Farm (Amer Horticultural Society