Ngokuqokelelwa kweemyuziyam zasimahla, iWashington, D.C., isenokuba sesona sixeko sihle eMelika ukutyelela ukuba ujonge ukubambelela kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali. Kuninzi ukwenza ngaphandle kweemyuziyam zeSmithsonian, nazo. Ungandwendwela i-White House, ubukele umdlalo weShakespearean, uthathe ikhonsathi kwiziko laseKennedy, u-decompress kwindalo, kwaye ufunde ngembali yelizwe ukusuka kwimvelaphi yayo ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje-konke ngaphandle kokuchitha imali.

1. Funda malunga neMall kaZwelonke kwiiNgcali

Phantse wonke umntu oza kwi-DC uceba ukuhambahamba esixekweni esidumileyo seSizwe iMall kunye neePaki zeSikhumbuzo. Ngelixa izikhumbuzo, ukusuka eLincoln ukuya kwizikhumbuzo zeMfazwe yaseVietnam, zikhululekile kunjalo, ngekhe wazi ukuba iNkonzo yeSizwe yePaki inikezela ukhenketho lwasimahla kuninzi lwezi ndawo ngeyure. Abagcini beepaki baya kukuthatha ekuhambeni ngokukhululekileyo nangeebhayisikile; khangela ishedyuli yemihla ngemihla ukufumanisa ukuba nini.

2. Phonononga iSmithsonian Institution

Enye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo ngokundwendwela isixeko bubuninzi beemyuziyam zasimahla. Iziko likaSmithsonian Ayisebenzi enye kodwa iimyuziyam ezili-17 kwindawo ye-Metro Metro enikezela ukwamkelwa simahla. Uninzi lwazo lukwiNational Mall-kubandakanya iMyuziyam yezeMbali yeNdalo, iMyuziyam yaseMelika, iMyuziyamu yomoya kunye neSpace, kunye neMyuziyam yaseHirshhorn kunye neGadi eqingqiweyo-kodwa kukho okuninzi okusasazekileyo esixekweni nangaphaya.

3. Yiva iDrum Circle eMeridian Hill Park

Ukuphuma kumkhondo oqhelekileyo wabakhenkethi, i isangqa sedrum eMeridian Hill Park sesinye sezona zithethe zisixeko ezisebenza ixesha elide. Kwiminyaka engama-50, amadoda nabafazi bebehlanganisene kule paki i-National Park Service-run ngeCawa ehlotyeni, bezisa izixhobo zabo zokuzibandakanya, okanye ukumamela nje intsholo ngelixa betyhalela ipikniki engceni yepaki.

4. Gaze Ngaphakathi eWashington National Cathedral

Ngasentla nje kweGeorgetown, i I-Washington National Cathedral yenye yeempawu ezibonakalayo eWashington emva kwamatye ezikhumbuzo kunye nezikhumbuzo kwiMall. Abongameli babekhonza kwaye bekhunjulwa apha ukusukela ngoko iBhetelehem Chapel yaqala ukuvulwa ngo-1912. I-National Cathedral ikhululekile ukutyelela iinjongo zokomoya okanye ukunqula; ukhenketho, nangona kunjalo, simahla ngeCawa.

5. Ukuhamba ngeRock Creek Park

Ipaki endala edolophini kwinkqubo yeNkonzo yeSizwe yePaki, I-Rock Creek Park Ihamba ngaphezu kwamahektare angama-2 000 kuMntla-ntshona-mpuma we-D.C. ineendlela zokunyuka intaba, iipikniki, i-ampitheatre eneekonsathi zasehlotyeni, iindlela zebhayisekile, indawo yentenetya, iinkqubo ezikhokelwa ngumgadi, indawo yezendalo, indawo yokubonisa umhlaba kunye nokunye.

6. Ndwendwela iZilwanyana kwiZoo yoZwelonke

Elinye ilungu eliphambili leSmithsonian Institution yile Zoo kaZwelonke , emi emazantsi esiphelo seRock Creek Park. Kulapho abantu base-Washingtoni bathontelana ukuya kutyelela iipanda, iindlovu, iingonyama, izingwe, kunye neegorila, kunye neeorangutan ezihamba phezu kweentloko zabatyeleli kwinkqubo yeentambo kunye neenqaba ezibizwa ngokuba yiO Line.

7. Jonga i-Bonsai Trees kwi-National Arboretum yase-U.S

Ukulungiswa ngokukhawuleza kwendalo kunye nobuhle, i I-Arboretum yeSizwe kukubaleka okuncinci ngaphakathi esixekweni. Ukuhambahamba ujikeleza iigadi ze-azalea ezimibalabala entwasahlobo, okanye igolide yeholly kunye nemagnolia ekwindla nasebusika. Imyuziyam yaseBonsai kunye nePenjing yenye yezona ngqokelela zikhulu zemithi yeBonsai, kwaye imithi esemthethweni yamazwe onke angama-50 amelwe kwi-National Grove of State Trees.

8. Bukela iiPlanethi yoMhlaba eGravelly Point naseHains Point

Isikhululo senqwelomoya saseReagan sisandla sesona sikhululo seenqwelomoya esona silungele ukubhabha singena eD.C. Eyona ndawo ithandwayo yokubukela iinqwelomoya Indawo yeGravelly , emi kufutshane nesikhululo seenqwelomoya eArlington, eVirginia. Unokubona kwakhona iinqwelomoya ukusuka Indawo yeHains , emi kwelinye icala loMlambo iPotomac kwincam ye-East Potomac Park.

9. Ngena ngaphakathi kuPhiko lwaseMpuma

Nabani na angathatha ukhenketho olukhululekileyo lweNdlu eNtshonalanga , nangona ulumkisiwe ukuba kuthatha uyilo oluthile. Abemi baseMelika banokucela ukhenketho lwasimahla kwiiofisi zamalungu eCongress, kwaye kufuneka banikeze ubuncinci besaziso seentsuku ezingama-21 kwaye bazise i-ID yesithombe ekhutshwe ngurhulumente. Abemi bamanye amazwe banokucela ukhenketho kwi-ofisi yozakuzo yabo e-DC. Ukhenketho lukusa kwi-East Wing, ukumisa kwigumbi laseMpuma, Igumbi lokutyela likaRhulumente, Igumbi lase China, iThala leencwadi kunye nokunye.

10. Yixabise i-Shakespearean Play

Rhoqo ngonyaka ukusukela ngo-1991, i-Shakespeare Theatre Inkampani iye yafuna ukwabelana ngomdlalo odumileyo wabadlali abadlalayo kunye nabahambi abaninzi kunye neendwendwe kangangoko Simahla kubo bonke ibonisa. Olu luhlu lubalaselisa ezakudala ezinje I-Ado eninzi malunga nantoni na , Hamlet , nangaphezulu kokuqhuba iiveki ezimbini eSidney Harman Hall. Kulo nyaka, babhiyozela unyaka we-25 wenkqubo ngokuvelisa Iphupha lasebusuku laseMidsummer ukuqhuba ngoSeptemba 1 ukuya ku-13.

11. Ukuhambahamba kwigadi yezityalo yaseU.S

Tucked phakathi kweemyuziyam zeSmithsonian kufutshane nesakhiwo seCapitol, Igadi yaseBotanic yaseMelika ifaka izityalo ezivela kwihlabathi liphela, ukusuka kwintlanzi eshushu enomdla ukuya kumahlathi ashinyeneyo, ukuya kwizityalo eziphakathi kweAtlantic. Bafumene ngaphezulu kwe-5, ii-orchid kunye neegadi zangaphandle ezimbalwa ezifanelekileyo zokuphumla ngokukhawuleza ngexesha losuku lokubona indawo eMall.

12. Yolula uze ubukele iMuvi yeMbonakalo yangaphandle

Imiboniso bhanyabhanya yasimahla sisidlo sasehlotyeni esithandwayo esixekweni, kunye nokuhlolwa kwemiboniso bhanyabhanya kulungiselelwe iindawo zikawonke-wonke kuyo yonke idolophu. Iflegi yezi zinto zineminyaka eli-17 ubudala Isikrini kwiGreen Kwivenkile yeSizwe, ebonisa ngokubanzi iimuvi zodidi. Uluhlu olupheleleyo lwezinye iifilimu ezihlola iidolophu, jonga ishedyuli Iifilimu zangaphandle zeDC .

13. Yima kwiRotunda yeSakhiwo seCapitol

Kanye njengakwiiNdlu zeWhite House, iindwendwe zinokubhukisha ukhenketho lwesakhiwo sase-US Capitol kwii-ofisi zabameli bazo, ezinye zazo zikhokela ukhenketho lwazo lwesakhiwo. Kodwa i Iziko labakhenkethi laseU.S. Capitol ikwabonelela ngotyelelo lwe-Crypt, iRotunda, kunye neHolo yeSizwe yeSatu.

14. Jonga kwiNgqokelela yeThala leencwadi iFolger Shakespeare

Ukuba unomdla wokufunda nangakumbi ngeShakespeare, i Ithala leencwadi iFolger Shakespeare ikwabonelela ngohambo lwasimahla lokuqokelelwa kwayo, amagumbi okufunda, kunye negadi yase-Elizabethan. Banemiboniso yasimahla ngaphakathi, njengomboniso wohlelo lokuqala oluqokelelweyo lwemidlalo kaShakespeare, kunye novavanyo lobomi bakhe namaxesha. Ke, ewe, yonke i-Epreli izisa indlu evulekileyo ngembeko yomhla wokuzalwa kuka-bard, obonisa zonke iintlobo zemisitho ekhethekileyo.

15. Hlawula iMfanelo yakho eMangcwabeni weSizwe iArlington

Ngaphesheya nje kweSikhumbuzo seSikhumbuzo esivela kwiSikhumbuzo seLincoln Amangcwaba eSizwe eArlington , ehlonipha amadoda nabafazi baseMelika abawileyo emkhosini. Ndwendwela i-Tomb ye-Soldier engaziwayo, amangcwaba kaJohn F. Kennedy, kunye ne-US Marine Corps War Memorial ngaphakathi.

16. Hamba ngeC & O Canal Trail eGeorgetown

Khenketho olukhethekileyo lweGeorgetown, jonga kwi I-Chesapeake kunye neOhio Canal Trail . Umsele uqhubeka kangangeekhilomitha ezili-184.5 ukuya eMaryland naseWest Virginia, kodwa uqala kanye apha eGeorgetown, olulekayo wokubaleka, ukuhamba ngebhayisikile, kunye nokuhamba ecaleni kweendlela kunye nezakhiwo ezingabamelwane zembali.

17. Yiva iJazz kwiGadi yeSizwe yeGalari

Njalo ehlotyeni, igalari yeSizwe yobuGcisa ibamba uthotho lwekonsathi kwigadi yayo eqingqiweyo ebizwa IJazz egadini . Olu luhlu lwamkela iimvumi ze-jazz kuyo yonke imivimbo-ikatala yejazz, iimvumi, i-funk, i-jazz yesiLatin, nokunye-ngolwesiHlanu ngokuhlwa ukusuka ngeSikhumbuzo seSuku loMhla woBasebenzi.

18. Ukutyelela iZiko laseKennedy leMileniyam Stage

Nangona iZiko likaJohn F. Kennedy lobuGcisa beQonga yenye yeendawo ezithandwa nguWashington kubusuku obumnandi benkcubeko, ikwayenye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo esixekweni simahla ubusuku benkcubeko. Inqanaba leMileniyamu isingatha intsebenzo yasimahla yonke imihla ngo-6 emva kwemini, inemvumi ezinyukayo nezaziwayo, amaqela emidlalo yeqonga, i-opera, umdaniso-kunye neeseshoni zeyoga zasimahla. Ukuba ujonge ukufunda okungakumbi malunga neziko laseKennedy, kukwakho ukhenketho olukhokelwa simahla zemidlalo yeqonga, imisebenzi yobugcisa, kunye neHolo yeZizwe.

19. Zama ukubala iincwadi kwiThala leeNcwadi leNkongolo

Esinye sezona zakhiwo zintle edolophini sisakhiwo sikaThomas Jefferson IThala leeNcwadi leCongress , ivuliwe ukusukela ngo-1897. Ukhenketho lokuhamba simahla luxoxa ngobugcisa nokwakhiwa kwesakhiwo, kunye nezigidi zezinto ezisiphethe njengelona thala leencwadi likhulu ehlabathini, abaphandi abanokufikelela kulo kumagumbi okufundela amahle kakhulu. Amaqela anokucela ukhenketho kubomi bukaThomas Jefferson okanye wengqokelela yemyuziyam yomculo, naye.

20. Ukuxubha kwimbali yaseMelika kuVimba weSizwe

Ngaba ufuna ukubona iSibhengezo senkululeko, uMgaqo-siseko wase-US, kunye neBhili yamaLungelo? Ndwendwela Oovimba beSizwe , ezihlala zontathu kunye namagumbi okubonisa, iholo yemidlalo, kunye neziko lokufunda. Ukwamkelwa simahla, njengoko uninzi lweziganeko zasesidlangalaleni zesakhiwo, ukusuka kwiifolthi ezijikelezayo kumalungelo oluntu ukuya kwizifundo malunga nendlela yokungena kulwalamano.

21. Bancome ama-Impressionists kwiGalari yeSizwe yobuGcisa

Ifumaneka kwiNational Mall, i Igalari yeSizwe yobuGcisa kunye neziganeko zayo ezahlukeneyo zisimahla eluntwini, njengoko kukhokelwa kukhenketho lwemyuziyam. Oku kubandakanya imizobo yaseFrance yenkulungwane ye-18 neye-19, ubugcisa bokubuyiselwa kwe-Italiyali yase-Italiya, imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yanamhlanje kunye nemizobo evela kwizinto ezifana noDegas, Monet, kunye noPicasso.

22. Bukela iJaji ibetha iGavel kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo

Akukho zohambo zikhokelwayo zeNkundla ePhakamileyo, kodwa ziya kukwenza ngcono: ithuba lokubona iijaji zisebenza. Iimpikiswano zomlomo zivulelekile kuluntu simahla ngaphandle kokuhlawuliswa xa umntu efike kuqala. Iindwendwe Unokuhamba ujikeleze umgangatho wokuqala kunye nomhlaba wesakhiwo, kwaye ngeentsuku zeveki unokuya kwimfundo yasimahla yemizuzu engama-30, apho amaxwebhu achaza indlela iNkundla ePhakamileyo esebenza ngayo ixoxa ngembali kunye nolwakhiwo lwesakhiwo.

23. Clock the Local Punk Scene at the Fort Reno Concert Series

Uninzi lwabantu base-Washingtonia banothando olukhulu kwisimahla I-Fort Reno Uchungechunge lwekhonsathi lasehlotyeni olubonisa amaqela epunk yendawo epaki ekhululekileyo eTenleytown. Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, uthotho lwaqhutywa ngoMvulo nangoLwesine ngokuhlwa ngoJulayi, nangona ubunzima bolawulo phantse bunyanzelisa ukuba irhoxiswe kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo.

24. Cwina isiXeko seVibe yaMazwe ngaMazwe ngoKhenketho loZakuzo

Nangona i-ofisi yozakuzo yamanye amazwe e-D.C inemigaqo-nkqubo yayo kutyelelo nakwiminyhadala, inempelaveki enye rhoqo ngentwasahlobo xa uninzi lwayo lumema uluntu ngokubanzi kwindlu enye evulekileyo. Njengenxalenye ye- Ipasipoti DC , amazwe aquka iJapan, iBelize, iQatar, iGhana, neCosta Rica zinikezela ukwamkelwa simahla kunye nemiboniso, imidlalo, kunye nemiboniso yokupheka egxininisa inkcubeko kunye namasiko abo.

25. Ungaphoswa yindawo yemarike

Nangona unokugqibela ngokufuna ukuchitha imali xa ulapho, simahla ukungena kwiindawo ezimbini zentengiso ezinkulu zeDC. Uneminyaka engaphezu kwe-130 ubudala Intengiso yaseMpuma kudala i-DC iyokukhangela imveliso esitsha kunye nobugcisa kunye nemisebenzi yezandla, kunye noosilarha kunye nezinto ezilungisiweyo kwiholo yokutya ngaphakathi. Kukwakho nentengiso yentakumba egcwele izinto zakudala nezinto eziqokelelweyo. Ngeli xesha, umntu omtsha Imarike yomanyano ifake ubumelwane beNoMa ngemveliso, amabhusha, ibar yokutya kwaselwandle, ivenkile yesonka samasi, iivenkile zokutyela nokunye.

U-Amy McKeever use-DC ukubetha Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa . Ungamlandela Twitter kwaye I-Instagram .