The Kennedys

Opened the day after Prohibition ended, Martin's Tavern in has been a storied establishment, including where JFK proposed to Jackie Bouvier in his favorite booth.

The oldest Jesuit and Catholic University in the US, Georgetown University is a world-class university at the center of a historic neighborhood.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal operated for nearly a century, transporting coal to the residents of DC.

This infamous hotel is where President Nixon's career was jeopardised.

The site of the famous break-in by 'the plumbers', Watergate has become inextricably linked to Deep Throat, The New York Times and Washington Post and, of course, President Nixon.

Theodore Roosevelt Island is in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The island is considered a memorial for the American President.