If your tourist, you owe to yourself to visit the national mall. Great location in DC, great people watching, awesome place to use as a landmark through going to the museums or as a reference if you feel like walking about. Its joy if you feel like playing any pick up game too, since they are so many being played at one time. It is an early mall though. Its pretty dead after 10pm. So great for the family and a classical type tourist. But if you consider yourself a travel, then it's a day place not an evening sort experience.

What an incredible experience. I had never been here. I loved the Lincoln Memorial. The National Art Museum is amazing and the Natural History Museum. We will be going to the library of Congress tomorrow among other things. Today we had our three youngest children (starting at 10 years old) with 2 of their friends. It was a lot of walking. They took it like troopers.

Whether you're a tourist or a native, you need to put this on your bucket list of places to visit. The diversity of people and history are one of a kind. Fascinating, rich history for free, all within walking distance from each other. Hungry? enjoy the mile long trail of food trucks in the middle. Worth the trip!

Every nation's capital is full of history. The District of Columbia's National Mall is different than most landmarks. So many historic events occurred here. When you are standing on the lawn and looking at the Capital Building, you can almost feel the weight of the many legacies begun here. If you have never taken the time to visit the US capital, try to do so when you can. Visit the National Mall and close your eyes. You can almost hear Martin Luther King, Jr's "I Have A Dream" speech or the words uttered by nearly every president as they take office. The park is clean and the Park Police are super friendly. Make sure you know all of the rules of the park, like what is and is not allowed. Be polite and help keep the park beautiful!

We go here quite often and it's always wonderful. This time, we went to the American Indian museum (they need to change the name) and it was lovely. It was particularly lovely because it's not one of the"big ticket" museums so there were hardly any people, and there was a lot to learn!