State
District of Columbia
Established July 16, 1790Type Federal district (not a state)
The nation's capital — a federal district, not a state, carved from Maryland and Virginia land in 1790 and named for George Washington. It's the seat of all three branches of the federal government, and home to the Smithsonian museums and the monuments strung along the National Mall.
National Parks
- Lincoln Memorial
- President's Park (White House)
- National Mall and Memorial Parks
- Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
- Constitution Gardens
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Korean War Veterans Memorial
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
- World War II Memorial
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
- Old Post Office
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial
- Washington Monument
Places I visited