DC BUCKET LIST

There is always something to see and something to do in DC! We've discovered some things by accident like the candle-light Christmas service at the National Cathedral and have found other must-see gems like the Library of Congress. In no particular order (just kinda grouped by type of thing) here's the Viriginia / Washington DC bucket list.

TO DO

Day Trips:
Shenandoah Valley
Gettysburg
Valley Forge
Richmond
Polyface Farm
Montpilier, James Madison's House
Boston

Monuments and Outdoors:
Reston Zoo
Medowlark Botanical Gardens (website)

Museums and Tours:
Holocaust Museum
The bureau of engraving and printing
Old Post Office Pavilion
White House Tour
Capital Building Tour
Watch Supreme Court Case
Pentagon Tour
National Postal Museum
Tour Old Town Alexandria
National Building Museum

Shows and Events:
Kennedy Center
Wolftrap National Park for the Performing Arts

DONE

Day Trips: 
George Washington's Mt. Vernon Estate
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Estate

Fort Washington
Virginia Beach - Triathlon
Dover, Delaware - Amish Bike Tour
Philadelphia
New York

Monuments and Outdoors:

Great Falls Park

Arlington National Cemetery, changing of the guard
Segway Tour
Cherry Blossom Festival
National Zoo (Smithsonian)

Theodore Roosevelt Island

Rose Gardens in Arlington

Bike Ride C&O trail
Iwo Jima Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Memorial
WWI Memorial
WWII Memorial
Frying Pan Park

Museums and Tours:

National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian)
Air and Space Museum at Dulles Airport / "Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center"
Newseum
Spy Museum
National Geographic Photo Gallery
National Botanical Gardens (Smithsonian)
National Archives
Library of Congress
National Gallery of Art
National American History Museum (Smithsonian)
National American Indian Museum (Smithsonian)
Natural History Museum (Smithsonian)
National Cathedral
Ford Theater Tour
National Aquiarium (Baltimore)
Children's Museum (Baltimore)
Latter-day-saint (Mormon) Temple Visitors Center
Washington Masonic Temple

Other:
Nats Game
National Harbor: dinning and shopping on the waterfront
Drive through Embassy Row
BYU vs University of Virginia football game

Dinning:
Founding Farmers


LEARN MORE ABOUT AND POSSIBLY DO

Spies of Washington Tour
Antique Row
Torpedo Factory Art Center
capsteps.com - see performance
Ice Skating at the Sculpture Garden Ice Rink
US National Arboretum
Visit "Old Stone House", built in 1765, open Wed-Sun 10-4

Folger Shakespeare Library and Garden

Mary Surratt’s house, now a Chinese Restaurant

Navy Yard / Fort McNair / Greenleaf Pennisula

Boat trip from Old Town the National Harbor

Kayak or Canoe on Potomac