John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Let yourself be dwarfed by the imposing Lincoln, whose full text of the famous lasting words, "four score and seven years ago" Gettysburg address are inscribed throughout the memorial.

Referred to as The Unknown War and The Forgotten War, its memorial captures the harrowing tales of soldiers who fought to stave off tides of North Korean communism during the Cold War.

Covering two acres, the Vietnam War Memorial pays homage to those who lost their lives in one of America's most controversial wars.

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.