United States National Arboretum
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
The greatest green space in Washington unfurls almost 450 acres of meadowland, sylvan theaters and a pastoral setting that feels somewhere between bucolic…
Must-see attractions in Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
African American Civil War Memorial
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
Standing at the center of a granite plaza, this bronze memorial, Spirit of Freedom, depicting rifle-bearing troops is DC’s first major art piece by black…
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
This is an incredible bit of urban green space. The grounds are terraced like a hanging garden replete with waterfalls, sandstone terraces and assorted…
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
Also known as Mt St Sepulchre, the monastery offers serene grounds with 42 acres of tulips, dogwoods, cherry trees, roses – and some peculiar re-creations…
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
The largest Catholic house of worship in North America can host 6000 worshippers. It is an enormous, impressive, but somehow unimposing edifice, more…
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
Macabre exhibits galore pack this Department of Defense–run museum. The stomach-shaped hairball leaves a lasting impression (a 12-year-old girl ate THAT?)…
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
History buffs can make the trek to President Lincoln's summer house tucked away on the grounds of the Soldiers' Retirement Home. Abe came here to beat the…
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
DC was built on a marsh, a beautiful, brackish, low-lying ripple of saw grass and steel-blue water, wind-coaxed and tide touched by the inflow of the…
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
The Mexican Cultural Institute looks locked up and imposing, but don't be deterred. The gilded beaux-arts mansion is open to the public and hosts…
African American Civil War Museum
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
Set in an old schoolhouse behind the African American Civil War Memorial, the museum makes the point that for some, the Civil War was about secession…
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
You never know what you'll find going on at BloomBars, a cool community arts center. By day, children's story times and music classes take place; at night…
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
A nonprofit member-run organization, this small gallery features a diverse range of super-contemporary art – mediums include painting, sculpture and…
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
In a raid on July 11, 1864, Confederate General Jubal Early attacked Fort Stevens, the northernmost of the defensive ramparts ringing DC. A small but…
McMillan Reservoir Sand Filtration Plant
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
On Michigan Ave and North Capitol St you’ll notice a string of cylindrical concrete structures that look like the entrance to the Kingdom of the Mole…
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
Founded in 1867, Howard remains the nation’s most prestigious traditionally African American institute of higher education. Distinguished alumni include…
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
The first university for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the world occupies a lovely manicured campus of bucolic green and Gothic accents north of…
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
Mary McLeod Bethune served as President Franklin Roosevelt’s special advisor on minority affairs and eventually became the first African American woman to…
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
Mt Pleasant St is the corazón (heart) of DC’s Latino, largely Salvadoran community. Many businesses advertise money-transfer services to San Salvador or…
Saint John Paul II National Shrine
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
An adjunct for many devotees who visit the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, this modernist-style structure is an unexpected…
Howard University Gallery of Art
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
The university's art gallery holds an impressive collection of works largely dominated by African and African American artists, including Archibald Motley…
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
This brightly-colored mural by artist Aniekan Udofia depicts the soul singer – who was born and raised in DC and went to high school in Columbia Heights –…
Battleground National Cemetery
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
The 41 Union men who died defending Fort Stevens are buried at this tiny, poignant cemetery, a half-mile north of the old fortification.
Howard University Founders' Library
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
The 1938 Founders’ Library is a handsome Georgian building with a gold spire and giant clock that serves as Howard University’s architectural centerpiece.
Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights
This mural of George Washington with a gag over his mouth symbolizes DC's lack of representation in Congress. It was painted by Aniekan Udofia in 2011.
