slowguy wrote:
Should add, pulling from the patriotism thread, the National Mall. If you go at the right time, the choices of stuff to do is pretty great. Air and Space, and National Gallery, the various monuments, Capitol building tour, National Archives, etc, etc, etc.
Even just walking around, the architecture is pretty impressive.
I posted about the mall in that thread. And as far as straight up tourist attractions I have to say it is right at the top. There are so many really cool and moving monuments and memorials within a couple miles. We also spent a day at the natural history museum which was very cool. But the National Gallery of Art is just amazing, it needs multiple days to take in. If you count the Smithsonian Museums as part of the mall I can't think of anywhere more impressive, and even if you don't it is pretty moving.
As for natural wonders there is one at the very top for me. You will never forget your first view of Crater Lake. The only thing I have seen anywhere close to as awesome was a late afternoon sun on the Going to the Sun road in Glacier NP.
I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.
