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Most kids are tourists at heart, always exploring and discovering. Whether you're on a family trip or just finally planning to visit the historic, scenic, sublime, and ridiculous spots near you, we've got them all covered museums, parks, great views, tours by land, air, or sea, and more!Dumbarton HouseParent rating:  Location: 2715 Q Street, NW, Washington, DC Dumbarton House, described as "...one of the very finest and most beautiful houses in the United States," by architectural historian Fiske Kimball, reflects the emerging Adamesque style of arch...
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Bi-Partisan Tour CompanyParent rating: Location: 30 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC Bi-Partisan Tour Company offers an unusual and fun way to see the sights around DC - in an open-air electric roadster with its own GPS-guided tour. Choose from a selection of tours, incl...
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RosedaleParent rating: Location: Newark Street, NW, between 35th and 36th Streets, NW, Washington, DC Rosedale, named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, is an 18th-century farm estate, tucked away in the middle of Cleveland Park. The farmhouse is the heart of the original esta...
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MobileTours.orgParent rating: Location: 1740 18th Street, NW, Suite 304, Washington, DC MobileTours.org offers mobile phone tours as well as a couple of seasonal walking tours. Each mobile phone tour consists of two to three minutes of historical narration followed by an informat...
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Goldstar EventsParent rating: Location: Washington, DC Goldstar offers great discounts on tickets for live entertainment, much of it family-friendly. Check the site for weekly deals. |
Embassy of SwedenParent rating: Location: 2900 K Street, NW, Washington, DC The Embassy of Sweden in DC is one of the largest Swedish legations in the world. Of the many functions performed at the Embassy, two are of direct interest to families. The Consular/Administra...
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Madame Tussauds Washington DCParent rating: Location: 1025 F Street, NW, Washington, DC Madame Tussauds, the famous wax museum, gives visitors in DC a museum alternative...an interactive, full-sensory experience where they can touch, see, and hear major historical events and celeb...
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Natalie Zanin's Historic StrollsParent rating: Location: Washington, DC Natalie Zanin's Historic Strolls are 90-minute walking tours of Washington's past. Each highly interactive, educational, and just plain entertaining tour is led by costumed guides who bring to ...
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National Shrine of the Immaculate ConceptionParent rating: Location: 400 Michigan Avenue, NE, Washington, DC The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is the patronal church and preeminent Marian Shrine of the United States, and is a place of prayer and pilgrimage for hundreds o...
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Woodlawn PlantationParent rating: Location: 9000 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA Woodlawn was constructed 1800-05 for Major Lawrence and Eleanor "Nelly" Custis Lewis, President Washington's nephew and Martha Washington's granddaughter. Washington provided 2,000 acres of the...
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Lincoln's CottageParent rating: Location: 140 Rock Creek Church Road, NW, Washington, DC Designated a National Monument by President Clinton in 2000 and restored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Lincoln's Cottage served as President Lincoln's family residence for a ...
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The George Washington Masonic MemorialParent rating: Location: 101 Callahan Drive, Alexandria, VA Designed in the classical architecture of Greece and Rome, The George Washington Masonic Memorial was built by more than two million American Freemasons to honor George Washington - the preemin...
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Lincoln TheatreParent rating: Location: 1215 U Street, NW, Washington, DC The historic Lincoln Theatre was originally a vaudeville theatre and movie house which opened in 1922. Native Washingtonians Duke Ellington and Pearl Bailey performed in the Lincoln Theatre. So...
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