Places to visit in Washington, D.C., United States

14 places to visit in Washington, D.C., United States, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Jefferson Memorial, Library of Congress, Lincoln Memorial and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Washington, D.C. volume.

13 Famous places to visit · 1 Hidden gem

Famous places to visit in Washington, D.C. (13)

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  Jefferson Memorial

  Washington, D.C. · Washington, D.C. · Well known

  A domed, columned rotunda on the Tidal Basin honouring Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence. Built between 1939 and 1943, it frames a bronze statue of him with quotations from his writings, and is ringed by cherry blossom in spring.

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  Library of Congress

  Washington, D.C. · Washington, D.C. · Well known

  The research library of the United States Congress and, in practice, the national library, with one of the largest collections in the world. Its Thomas Jefferson Building, beside the Capitol, has a richly decorated Great Hall and a domed Main Reading Room.

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  Lincoln Memorial

  Washington, D.C. · Washington, D.C. · Well known

  A neoclassical temple at the western end of the National Mall, built to honour Abraham Lincoln and dedicated in 1922. Inside sits Daniel Chester French's great marble statue of him, looking east down the Reflecting Pool towards the Washington Monument.

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  Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

  Washington, D.C. · Washington, D.C. · Well known

  A national memorial in West Potomac Park built around the Stone of Hope, a granite figure of the civil rights leader carved by the sculptor Lei Yixin. Its design comes from a line in the I Have a Dream speech: out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope. It opened in 2011.

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  National Air and Space Museum

  Washington, D.C. · Washington, D.C. · Well known

  The Smithsonian's museum of human flight and space exploration, on the National Mall. Its galleries hold the Wright brothers' 1903 Flyer, Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis and Columbia, the Apollo 11 command module.

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  National Mall

  Washington, D.C. · Washington, D.C. · Well known

  A long landscaped park running from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial in the heart of Washington, lined with Smithsonian museums, galleries and memorials. Its lawns are the city's great open space, the setting for parades, concerts and inaugurations.

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  National Museum of African American History and Culture

  Washington, D.C. · Washington, D.C. · Well known

  A Smithsonian museum on the National Mall devoted to African American history and culture, established in 2003 and opened in its permanent home in 2016. Its bronze-coloured, three-tiered lattice exterior draws on the crowns of Yoruba art from West Africa.

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  National Museum of Natural History

  Washington, D.C. · Washington, D.C. · Well known

  The Smithsonian's natural history museum on the National Mall, which received 3.3 million visits in 2025. A great African elephant stands under its rotunda, and the deep blue Hope Diamond is on show in the gem hall upstairs.

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  United States Capitol

  Washington, D.C. · Washington, D.C. · Well known

  The domed neoclassical seat of the United States Congress, on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall. Though no longer at the centre of the city, it is still the point from which the street numbers and the four quadrants of Washington are counted.

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  Washington Monument

  Washington, D.C. · Washington, D.C. · Well known

  A marble and granite obelisk 169 metres tall, raised on the National Mall in memory of George Washington. Building was interrupted for so long that three different marbles were used, and the change in shade is plain to see partway up.

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  Washington National Cathedral

  Washington, D.C. · Washington, D.C. · Well known

  An Episcopal cathedral modelled on the English Gothic of the late 14th century, begun in 1907 and only completed in 1990. It is the second largest church building in the United States, and a carved Darth Vader hides among the grotesques of its northwest tower.

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  White House

  Washington, D.C. · Washington, D.C. · Well known

  The home and office of every American president since John Adams moved in in 1800, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Its white-painted walls and columned porticoes face Lafayette Square to the north and the Ellipse to the south.

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  World War II Memorial

  Washington, D.C. · Washington, D.C. · Well known

  A national memorial on the Mall to the Americans who served in the Second World War, in the armed forces and at home. Granite pillars for each state and territory ring an oval plaza and fountain between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.

Hidden gems in Washington, D.C. (1)

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  Mahatma Gandhi Memorial

  Washington, D.C. · Washington, D.C. · Local gem

  A bronze statue of Gandhi in mid-stride, on a small triangle of land along Massachusetts Avenue in front of the Embassy of India. A gift from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, it was dedicated in 2000 during a state visit by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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