Guide to Washington

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A Walking Tour of Washington's National Mall

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A Walking Tour of Philadelphia's Old City

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Places to Visit in Washington DC - Geography Grade 1 | Children's Explore the World Books

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The Washington Monument: Myths, Legends, and Facts

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A Walking Tour of the Washington's Federal Triangle

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Lonely Planet Washington, DC

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Washington DC

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A Walking Tour of Washington's Capitol Hill District

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Berlitz Pocket Guide Washington D.C. (Travel Guide eBook)

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Richmond: A Historic Walking Tour

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A Walking Tour of New York City's Financial District

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City Walks: Washington, D.C.: 50 Adventures on Foot

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Washington's Monument: And the Fascinating History of the Obelisk

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A Walking Tour of Washington's DuPont Circle

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What's Great about Washington, DC?

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Frommer's EasyGuide to Washington, D.C. 2018

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Frommer's EasyGuide to Washington, D.C. 2017

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The U.S. Capitol: Introducing Primary Sources

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Remembering the White House

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Look Up, San Francisco! A Walking Tour of the Civic Center

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A Walking Tour of Washington's Lafayette Square

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Historic Photos of Washington, D.C.

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A Walking Tour of Downtown Washington

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A Walking Tour of Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square

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A Walking Tour of York, Pennsylvania

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Washington, DC, History for Kids: The Making of a Capital City, with 21 Activities

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The Washington Monument

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101 Amazing Facts About New York

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Look Up, Dayton! A Walking Tour of Dayton, Ohio

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Broadway

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RV Hacks: 400+ Ways to Make Life on the Road Easier, Safer, and More Fun!

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Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era

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The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel

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The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

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Fodor's Bucket List Europe: From the Epic to the Eccentric, 500+ Ultimate Experiences

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Spanish Verbs - Conjugations

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50 Great American Places: Essential Historic Sites Across the U.S.

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Travel Hacks: Any Procedures or Actions That Solve a Problem, Simplify a Task, Reduce Frustration, and Make Your Next Trip As Awesome As Possible

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The RVer's Bible (Revised and Updated): Everything You Need to Know About Choosing, Using, and Enjoying Your RV

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Where Should We Camp Next?: A 50-State Guide to Amazing Campgrounds and Other Unique Outdoor Accommodations (RV or Camping Trip Planning Guide for a Family-Friendly Budget-Conscious Vacation)

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Notes from a Small Island

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Retirement Without Borders: How to Retire Abroad--in Mexico, France, Italy, Spain, Costa Rica, Panama, and Other Sunny, Foreign Places (And the Secret to Making It Happen Without Stress)

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Spotting Danger Before It Spots You: Build Situational Awareness To Stay Safe

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Kon-Tiki

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Fodor's Bucket List USA: From the Epic to the Eccentric, 500+ Ultimate Experiences

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The Everything Travel Guide to Ireland: From Dublin to Galway and Cork to Donegal - a complete guide to the Emerald Isle

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Lonely Planet Puerto Rico

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The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World: Over 600 Secrets of the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Disney's Animal Kingdom

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Living the RV Life: Your Ultimate Guide to Life on the Road

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Lonely Planet The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World

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Fodor's New Orleans

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Disney Declassified

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Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu

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Nashville Eats: Hot Chicken, Buttermilk Biscuits, and 100 More Southern Recipes from Music City

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Rocks and Minerals of The World: Geology for Kids - Minerology and Sedimentology

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The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down

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Camp Cooking: 100 Years

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Fodor's Arizona & the Grand Canyon

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The Everything Family Guide To RV Travel And Campgrounds: From Choosing The Right Vehicle To Planning Your Trip--All You Need For Your Adventure On Wheels

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Fodor’s Alaska

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A Home for Black History: How a museum tells the story of the US via the lens of the African American experience

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#406 How Wall Street Got Its Name: The story of how Wall Street, that short little street in Lower Manhattan, became synonymous with the American financial system and how it got that most interesting name.

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Lincoln's Throne: For more than 100 years, no national memorial had been contemplated for any president except George Washington, yet talk of building one to honor the monumental legacy left by Abraham Lincoln began even as he lingered on his deathbed. There was an obviou...

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#300 The Forgotten Father of New York City: EPISODE 300: Andrew Haswell Green helped build Central Park and much of upper Manhattan, oversaw the formation of the New York Public Library, helped found great institutions such as the American Museum of Natural History and the Bronx Zoo, and even organized the city's first significant historical preservation group, saving New York City Hall from demolition.  This smart, frugal and unassuming bachelor, an attorney and financial whiz, was critical in taking down William Tweed and the Tweed Ring during the early 1870s, helping to bail out a financially strapped government.  But Green's greatest achievement -- championing the consolidation of the cities of New York and Brooklyn with communities in Richmond County (Staten Island), Westchester County (the Bronx) and Queens County (Queens) -- would create the City of Greater New York, just in time for the dawn of the 20th century.  Kenneth T. Jackson, editor of the Encyclopedia of New York, ca

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Episode 142: Bringing Art to Life with Christine Coulson, Author of Metropolitan Stories: We often say that the NYSE is one of the four iconic American buildings, along with the White House, the U.S. Capitol, and the Supreme Court. You could add the Metropolitan Museum of Art to that list. As the host of nearly seven million visitors a...

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? EE.UU. y México se ponen de acuerdo para tirar abajo estatuas de 'viejos ídolos'

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#333 Tearing Down King George: The Monumental Summer of 1776: In New York City, during the tumultuous summer of 1776, the King of England lost his head. Two hundred and fifty years ago, Colonial New York received a monumental statue of King George III on horseback, an ostentatious and rather awkward display which once sat in Bowling Green park at the tip of Manhattan. On July 9, 1776, angry New Yorkers violently tore down that statue of King George and, as the story goes, rendered his body into bullets used in the battles of the Revolutionary War.  Flash forward to 2020 — cities across the United States today are reevaluating the meaning of their own public monuments. Critics say that removing memorials to the Confederacy, for instance, work to ‘erase history’. But a monument itself is not history lesson, but a time capsule of the motivations of the culture who created them. And that’s why this story from 1776 resonates so strongly today. Public statues do have meaning. And for Ne

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#220 George Washington's New York Inauguration

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77. Trump Asks, “Who's Next?” Lyra Monteiro Answers, Washington’s Next!: The statue of George Washington in New York City's Union Square commemorates him on a particular day—November 25th, 1783—the date when the defeated British Army left Manhattan after the American Revolutionary War. The statue celebrates the idea that Washington brought freedom to the country, but professor of history at Rutgers University-Newark Dr. Lyra D. Monteiro researched how many people of African descent that Washington was enslaving on that same date: 271. Representing these people formed the heart of Washington's Next!, a participatory commemorative experience focused around that statue. In this episode, Monteiro describes how a tweet from President Trump was the inspiration for the name, how passersby reacted to the project, and the subtle ways that public monuments have power.

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No Further West: The Story of Los Angeles Union Station

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#315 Abandoned Pantheon: The Hall of Fame for Great Americans: EPISODE 315 The Hall of Fame for Great Americans, founded in 1900, was a precursor to the Nobel Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a vaunted tribute to those who have contributed greatly to the development the United States of America. Located on the campus of Bronx Community College in the University Heights neighborhood of the Bronx, the Hall of Fame features the sculpted bronze busts of 96 individuals considered worthy of renown in their day, arranged along a columned arcade designed by Stanford White. It was so important in the early 20th century that the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame derive from its example. The Hall of Fame for Great Americans even pops up in The Wizard of Oz! But today it is virtually forgotten. And no person has been elected to the Hall of Fame since the 1970s. This is the story of a university with lofty intentions, a snapshot of early 20th century optimism, and

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#430 The Story of Flushing: Queens History, Old and New: Few areas of the United States have as endured as long as Flushing, Queens, a neighborhood with almost over 375 years of history and an evolving cultural landscape that includes Quakers, trees, Hollywood films, world fairs, and new Asian immigration.

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#180 The Chelsea Piers and the Age of the Ocean Liner

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#122: The Grid - Commissioners Plan of 1811

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Hostibus Primo Fugatis: The Washington Before Boston Medal: Back in 2015, I was at the Boston Public Library for a special exhibition called “We Are One,” which showcased items from their collection dating from the French and Indian War to the Constitutional Convention, showing how thirteen fractious colonies ...

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Music History Monday: Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dukelsky, AKA “Vernon Duke”: We mark the birth on October 10, 1903 – 119 years ago today – of the Russian-American composer of concert music Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dukelsky.  As a composer of popular music, and as a major contributor to the Great American Songbook,

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Harold Holzer, "Monument Man: The Life and Art of Daniel Chester French" (Princeton Architectural Press, 2019): Holzer chronicles the career of French, who became best known for his sculpture of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. 

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Harold Holzer, "Monument Man: The Life and Art of Daniel Chester French" (Princeton Architectural Press, 2019): Holzer chronicles the career of French, who became best known for his sculpture of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. 

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America’s Monuments | The Colossus of New York Harbor | 1

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Ep. 422 - Cincinnati's Union Terminal and Art Museum: Union Terminal in Cincinnati, Ohio was one of the last great American train stations built and has the largest half-dome in the western hemisphere. The terminal has helped tourists get around, welcomed World War II soldiers home and now features...

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Light Hearted special edition: Titanic Memorial Lighthouse, NYC: Use this player to hear the podcast: The Titanic Memorial Lighthouse stands today near the buildings of the South Street Seaport Museum, at the corner of Fulton and Pearl streets at the southern end of Manhattan. From 1913 to 1968,

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Hunting Stolen Nazi Art: The art historians and museum staff who risked their lives to save the world's cultural heritage.

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Empire State Building

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Secret Places of Upper Manhattan

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Ep. 5 - "Fallingwater" (1938) by Frank Lloyd Wright: It’s not a painting or a sculpture... but another form of art that deserves attention as we meander through the world of famous works of art together.  In this episode, Claire brings Fallingwater, designed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright f...

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The day parliament burned down: In the early evening of 16 October 1834, to the horror of bystanders, a huge ball of fire exploded through the roof of the Houses of Parliament, creating a blaze so enormous that it could be seen by the King and Queen at Windsor, and from stagecoaches on

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Chasing the Gold: A Gilded Age Tour Up Manhattan: A fascinating tour through over 100 years of New York history showing how the Gilded Age developed and evolved from an architectural and urban planning point of view.  Guest historian and tour guide Keith Taillon takes listeners on a journey explaining how key Gilded Age neighborhoods became established and grew.

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#115 African Burial Ground

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UNSUNG HEROES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (PT I): WASHINGTON'S SPIES: Few people leaving the Banana Republic Store at 66th and 3rd st Manhattan, NY, stop to notice the plaque on the outside wall that mentions the spot less than 100 yards away where courageous young Nathan Hale spoke his famous last words “I regret that h.

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Analysis of the Greatest Speeches in American History-Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death