washington dc

imperfect

Canada1652 Posts

August 29 2009 00:14 GMT

so i'm going for a rather short vacation to washington dc this weekend

and i thought i'd ask what there is to do and see in washington. im looking forward to the museums and the art galleries (the only thing i looked up so far), but is there anything else?

i guess it's sort of hard since i didnt write down any of my interests, but you can be as general and as specific as you like haha

oh and im staying in a hotel in downtown i think.

LuckyFool

United States9015 Posts

August 29 2009 00:20 GMT

I tell everyone I know to go to the National Archives to see the Declaration of Independence. You can see original signatures of the founding fathers and everything- definitely one of my favorites that some people overlook.

Definitely check out at least a few museums, holocaust museum is really good (but quite sobering) and the American Natural History Museum is probably one of my favorites as part of the Smithsonian.

Spy museum is pretty sick too but you gotta pay like 20 bucks to get in which blows.

Art gallery is really good as well.

intrigue

Washington, D.C9935 Posts

August 29 2009 00:23 GMT

you can easily spend a day or two at the national mall, visiting all the museums (natural history and air and space are the best ones), looking at the obvious monuments, blah blah. chinatown is nearby and though not really anything special it's near the mall and full of people

if you take the red line west there's the national zoo which is awesome and more of the bar scene. if you're into more touristy stuff NW dc has a lot of beautiful embassies and architecture. dupont circle is really nice to walk around during the night. really, there's no point in asking for tips more specific than that, you will always easily find something to do there.

ShadowDrgn

United States2497 Posts

August 29 2009 00:24 GMT

On August 29 2009 09:20 LuckyFool wrote:
Spy museum is pretty sick too but you gotta pay like 20 bucks to get in which blows.

Maybe the high cost is to encourage you to sneak in.

benjammin

United States2728 Posts

August 29 2009 00:36 GMT

i guess it depends on the type of person you are, but i always found the monuments to be a big letdown when i lived in dc. there's not much more to the lincoln memorial than what you've already seen in a picture. i'd go with the smithsonian museums and the zoo, the spy museum and holocaust museum are also must sees, though the latter is quite the downer as one might expect. i'd avoid doing things like a white house tour or sitting in at the supreme court (if they are even in session) since those are security hassles. dupont circle is okay at night, but you still get a lot of douchey yuppies trickling in from adams morgan. enjoy!

benjammin

United States2728 Posts

August 29 2009 00:37 GMT

oh, and if you are going to do the monuments, i always thought it was more fun (as well as considerably less crowded) at night

Rotodyne

United States2263 Posts

August 29 2009 00:40 GMT

DO NOT go to the National Aquarium. It sucks balls. The Zoo is awesome though

251

United States1401 Posts

August 29 2009 00:43 GMT

The new national air and space museum is pretty awesome. They have a flight simulator in there that'll rock your world. I got in and just started doing barrel rolls

benjammin

United States2728 Posts

August 29 2009 00:51 GMT

On August 29 2009 09:40 Rotodyne wrote:
DO NOT go to the National Aquarium. It sucks balls. The Zoo is awesome though

nm, google owned me

food

United States1951 Posts

August 29 2009 01:11 GMT

#10

you should go see kdog, the famous blogger
i dont really know anything else worth mentioning in WA, never been there myself

Mindcrime

United States6899 Posts

August 29 2009 01:50 GMT

#11

On August 29 2009 10:11 food wrote:
you should go see kdog, the famous blogger
i dont really know anything else worth mentioning in WA, never been there myself