![]() ![]() US Patent and Trademark Office, Madison Building, 600 Dulany St., Alexandria. ![]() National Inventors Hall of Fame Museumĭid you know that actress Hedy Lamarr helped invent a communications technique similar to wi-fi? This museum showcases the work of inventors who brought us such advances as antibiotics, audio computer screens for the blind, and that “first and ten” yellow line seen on football broadcasts. Free contact the office of your senator or representative to arrange a tour.īack to Top Tiny Museums Five spaces that are small but compelling. Those willing to navigate the at times narrow and uneven stairs are rewarded with a rare and breathtaking view. A member of the House or Senate must accompany visitors. The almost-300-step climb to the top of the US Capitol dome is not an easy feat-or an easy tick-et. It’s a rare view from inside the theater, which still looks almost exactly as it did that fateful night. You can also see inside the President’s box from a doorway that’s normally closed. Ford’s TheatreĪn intimate Sunday-evening tour allows visitors to walk across the stage and exit through the back into Baptist Alley, just as John Wilkes Booth did after assassinating Abraham Lincoln. But the reward is views of grotesques, flying buttresses, stained-glass windows, and other features too high to see clearly from the ground. You have to scale lots of stairs and heights on the cathedral’s “Behind-the-Scenes” tour-which goes beyond what visitors typically see, namely the main floor and crypt. The Tour Behind the Tour Three well-known attractions that offer not-so-well-known insider tours. ![]()
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