Washington, D.C. also known as the District of Columbia (by nobody), the capital of the United States of America (it’s actually quite a long name if you put it all together: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America Inc).
But the city is more than just politics and a grid of roads named using only single letters, numbers, and cardinal directions. It is also a city of monuments, a city of memorials, a city of museums, and most of all it is a city of phallic imagery and of giant statues of dead guys.
It is a truly magical place that pretends to be steeped in history so that Americans will want to vacation there.
The following photos come from the National Mall and surrounding areas. And for those of you with an eye for foliage (or who actually read captions), yes, the photos come from two different tours of the city (one in the spring, and on the fall).
Spring paddle boating at the Jefferson Memorial.The Jefferson Memorial in the fall.Inside the Jefferson Memorial.Words I have yet to read in the Jefferson Memorial.Sunset at the Jefferson Memorial.Notice: you may be shot at any time.The Capitol Building dome.The bridge to Roosevelt Island.The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.Theodore Roosevelt alone on his island.The WWII Memorial with the Lincoln Memorial behind.The WWII Monument. My second favorite photo ever taken.The WWII Memorial and Washington Monument at night.The Lincoln Memorial in the dark.A giant stone Abraham Lincoln.Words of wisdom at the Lincoln Memorial.The Smithsonian at night.National Museum of Natural History elephant.The Smithsonian at night plus headlights.Lincoln and Washington in the Spring.The incredibly phallic Washington Monument.The grounds of the Washington Monument.The Washington Monument and the bluest sky ever.The Washington Monument.A fall reflection of the Washington Monument.Sunset and the Washington Monument.
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