Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

This neighborhood covers a lot of ground. Logan Circle stars with hot-chef-helmed restaurants and stylish bars amid stately old manors. Historic U St has been reborn as a jazzy arts and entertainment district. Columbia Heights booms with Latinx immigrants and hipsters. Onward, Northeast DC is a stretch of prosperous residential blocks holding some great far-flung sights, as well as distilleries and breweries.

Explore Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

  • United States National Arboretum

    The greatest green space in Washington unfurls almost 450 acres of meadowland, sylvan theaters and a pastoral setting that feels somewhere between bucolic…

  • African American Civil War Memorial

    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…

  • F

    Franciscan Monastery

    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…

  • N

    National Museum of Health and Medicine

    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?)…

  • P

    President Lincoln's Cottage

    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…

  • K

    Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

    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…

  • M

    Mexican Cultural Institute

    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…

  • A

    African American Civil War Museum

    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…

Top attractions

These are our favorite local haunts, touristy spots, and hidden gems throughout Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights.

  • See

    United States National Arboretum

    The greatest green space in Washington unfurls almost 450 acres of meadowland, sylvan theaters and a pastoral setting that feels somewhere between bucolic…

  • See

    African American Civil War Memorial

    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…

  • See

    Franciscan Monastery

    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…

  • See

    National Museum of Health and Medicine

    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?)…

  • See

    President Lincoln's Cottage

    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…

  • See

    Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

    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…

  • See

    Mexican Cultural Institute

    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…

  • See

    African American Civil War Museum

    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…

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