Highest-rated free things to do in Washington, D.C. by visitors

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- Rating: 4.6/5 (1,585 reviews)
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#30. Smithsonian American Art Museum
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (1,715 reviews)
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#29. Tidal Basin
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (3,553 reviews)
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#28. Smithsonian Institution Building
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (1,170 reviews)
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#27. National Postal Museum
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- Rating: 4.2/5 (2,353 reviews)
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#26. Union Station
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- Rating: 4.7/5 (5,996 reviews)
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#25. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
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- Rating: 4.5/5 (3,499 reviews)
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#24. Capitol Hill
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (5,861 reviews)
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#23. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (6,556 reviews)
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#22. Jefferson Memorial
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- Rating: 4.8/5 (1,924 reviews)
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#21. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
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- Rating: 4.7/5 (11,115 reviews)
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#20. Korean War Veterans Memorial
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- Rating: 4.7/5 (10,232 reviews)
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#19. National World War II Memorial
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- Rating: 4.5/5 (3,038 reviews)
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#18. Georgetown
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- Rating: 4.2/5 (4,683 reviews)
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#17. Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
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- Rating: 4.7/5 (12,013 reviews)
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#16. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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- Rating: 4.5/5 (3,617 reviews)
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#15. The National Archives Museum
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- Rating: 4.7/5 (3,621 reviews)
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#14. National Portrait Gallery
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (2,896 reviews)
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#13. United States Botanic Garden
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- Rating: 4.4/5 (5,142 reviews)
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#12. American History Museum
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- Rating: 4.8/5 (3,819 reviews)
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#11. National Museum of African American History and Culture
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- Rating: 4.1/5 (8,283 reviews)
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#10. White House
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- Rating: 4.5/5 (9,574 reviews)
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#9. Washington Monument
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (8,449 reviews)
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#8. National Mall
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- Rating: 4.5/5 (7,216 reviews)
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#7. U.S. Capitol
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- Rating: 4.7/5 (11,394 reviews)
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#6. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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- Rating: 4.7/5 (9,209 reviews)
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#5. Library of Congress
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (23,673 reviews)
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#4. National Air and Space Museum
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- Rating: 4.8/5 (10,021 reviews)
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#3. National Gallery of Art
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- Rating: 4.7/5 (32,125 reviews)
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#2. Lincoln Memorial
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- Rating: 4.6/5 (12,644 reviews)
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This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou, writing by Jill Jaracz, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 51 states.

#1. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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