Honorable mention:
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- President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home (AFRH)
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10. National Cherry Blossom Festival
9. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
8. Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery (and the detached Renwick Gallery), and National Mall Smithsonian art galleries
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- National Museum of Asian Art (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art)
- National Museum of African Art
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- National Gallery of Art (not part of the Smithsonian)
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7. The National Archives and Smithsonian history museums
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- National Museum of Natural History
- National Zoological Park
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of the American Indian
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- National Air and Space Museum
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6. Arlington National Cemetery and the National Mall veterans memorials
5. Jefferson Memorial & area
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- Tidal Basin
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
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4. Washington Monument & area
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- National Mall
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
- German-American Friendship Garden
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3. Lincoln Memorial & area
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- Reflecting Pool
- National World War II Memorial
- Korean War Veterans Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Constitution Gardens
- District of Columbia War Memorial
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2. The White House & area
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- Lafayette Square
- President’s Park
- The Ellipse
- Pershing Park – World War I Memorial
- Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
- Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site and Park
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1. Capitol Hill
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- U.S. Capitol
- U.S. Supreme Court Building
- Library of Congress
- U.S. Botanic Garden
- Union Station
- Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
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