| When you travel to the Washington D.C. area then | | | | videos that you can sit and watch thruout the |
| going to the Smithsonian Institution is a must. With all | | | | facilities all day. The Wright Brothers wing might be |
| of the the education, history and the massive | | | | the most extensive information you will get on the |
| amount of artifacts like the Hope Diamond it will be | | | | famous first brothers of flight. |
| place that you will want to come back to again and | | | | You can probably spend a whole week or longer |
| again. The first time you go to the National Mall area | | | | going through all the different buildings that are so |
| it's quite overwhelming when you all of the museums | | | | closely packed together, one of things that you first |
| and galleries, it's hard to believe that most of it is for | | | | realize is how many school buses and children there |
| free. | | | | are that attend the Smithsonian, because of all of |
| It all started when Englishman James Smithson | | | | the education in history and science that is available in |
| donated his entire fortune of his will to United States. | | | | such a small area. So do expect to see some lines |
| Congress did not know to do with the more than | | | | and plenty of visitors that will be enjoying all the sites |
| half-million dollars at the time, but as the years | | | | as much as you will. |
| passed by they finally decided to build a natural | | | | You can also visit the Zoological Park which was |
| history museum. No one knew that the site would | | | | known as the Washington Zoo to anyone who has |
| grow to the size and popularity that it has. | | | | visited it before, but it is now run by the Smithsonian. |
| The National Air and Space Museum: This is the most | | | | The Zoo in a different part of Washington D.C., but |
| visited museum in the world and for very good | | | | you can take the local Subway that will drop you off |
| reason. It holds what anyone who's interested in | | | | within about a block of the Zoological Park. |
| space travel would want to view, and they have | | | | This is a must-see in the Washington D.C. area, but |
| some of the actual rockets that were used for the | | | | there's so much to see and do that it well take a lot |
| space shuttle and the Apollo missions. This museum is | | | | of your time. Most first time visitors soon realize that |
| an all day affair, so plan on being at the Air and | | | | they will probably need to came back to see all of |
| Space Museum for a full day. They also have an | | | | the museums. You are also not that far from the |
| IMAX theater that charges a fee to watch some | | | | Lincoln Memorial, and this is one more thing to do if |
| mind expanding films. There is also plenty of free | | | | you somehow find you have extra time. |