Andrea Seiger is a world and domestic traveller who has lived in Washington DC for 30 plus years and has worked in nearly every business involved in tourism and hospitality. When asked how she knows so much about DC, she responds, "I work in tourism, and it's my business to know my city. And I love showing people who live here just how much there is to learn about our home town." She lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the height of the Disco Era, has travelled thousands of miles on the Mayan Route of Mexico and loves to road trip around the Mid-Atlantic US and beyond. Her travel bucket list includes visiting all 50 US states; every country in the continent of the Americas and all of the New 7 Wonders of the World, the Galapagos, Machu Picchu and Angkor Wat. She is pretty far along on the list. Eager travelling feet get her out an about as often as possible, whether on the streets of DC or somewhere else in the world.

• 50 States Bike RouteCycle through every state in a single day | 1056 Signers MemorialChill out with the Founding Fathers | 12African American Civil War MuseumTelling the ancestors’ stories Marquett, a young | 14Albert Einstein MemorialI myself should be dead already but I’m still here | 16American Geophysical Union BuildingAn architectural and engineering playground | 18Anacostia Park Roller RinkThis is how we roll | 20Art-o-MatArt is a much better addiction | 22Arts WalkArt and poetry with beer | 24Bald Eagle NestMr. President and LOTUS among the azaleas | 26Bartholdi FountainThe fountain cousin of the Statue of Liberty | 28Bathyscaphe TriesteDive to the deepest part of the ocean | 30The Big ChairA neighborhood symbol | 32Black CatAlt music and family tradition | 34Bladensburg Dueling GroundsWhere gentlemen killed each other | 36Booth’s DerringerAssassination at the theater | 38Boundary Stone NW6One of the oldest boundary markers of city limits | 40The Canterbury PulpitMartin Luther King’s last sermon | 42Capital Pool CheckersCrown Me! | 44Capital Slave PensTwelve years a slave in the cradle of freedom | 46Caruso FloristNot just any flower shop | 48Cedar HillFrederick Douglass had the best views | 50Ching Ching ChaTaking tea in the Chinese tradition | 52Chuck Brown ParkA shrine to the Godfather of Go-Go | 54Colonel Dahlgren’s LegBuried with full military honors | 56Crypt of James SmithsonLaid to rest in his legacy | 58Culture House DCAbandoned church becomes an art centerpiece | 60Da Vinci’s de’ BenciShe flew in a first-class window seat | 62Dance PlaceThis is dance central | 64DC Fire and EMS MuseumCity history through a firefighter’s lens | 66Department of the Interior MuralsPainting our American lives | 68Dupont Circle FountainHangin’ with the Rear Admiral | 70Dupont UndergroundFrom tracks to treasure | 72Earliest Cherry TreesThey survived blight and keep on blooming | 74Electronic SuperhighwayNeon ode to the American road trip | 76Evalyn Walsh McLean HouseWhere the Hope Diamond owner spent her teens | 78Exorcist Steps & StoriesTerrifying and head-spinningly steep | 80FDR Desk MemorialA minor yet mighty presidential memorial | 82Fort StevensCivil War skirmish in the capital | 84Franciscan MonasteryCatacombs, martyrs, and a mummified child | 86Frank Kameny GravesiteGay rights pioneer is not buried here | 88Gallaudet UniversityThe epicenter of the deaf world | 90Game FishLook at what we hooked! | 92George Mason MemorialA neglected Founding Father | 94Georgetown Flea MarketUpscale picking | 96Georgetown LabyrinthContemplation along the waterfront | 98Gorby IntersectionGorbachev stops traffic and thaws the Cold War | 100Harriet Tubman’s ShawlGift from a queen to a fearless warrior for freedom | 102Hillwood BreakfastTaste testing with Marjorie Merriweather Post | 104Howard TheatreWhere the greats have played | 106International Spy MuseumSpy pigeons and their covert critter colleagues | 108Iron Gate RestaurantA young hooker takes down a Soviet defector | 110JFK Thank You PlaqueWith gratitude from frozen newsmen | 112John Philip Sousa HomeMarching with the spirits of great Washingtonians | 114Julia Child’s KitchenIf you’re afraid of butter, use cream | 116Kenilworth Aquatic GardensAn age-old dance of wind, water, and land | 118Key Bridge BoathousePaddling on the Potomac | 120KGB Double Agent EscapeWhere spy met spy | 122Khalil Gibran MemorialBeauty shall rise with the dawn | 124LeDroit ParkA historic bastion of African-American influencers | 126Letelier-Moffitt MemorialAssassination on Embassy Row | 128Lincoln Life MasksA civil war can change the face of a man | 130Lincoln’s CottageHe wrote the Emancipation Proclamation here | 132The Longest ProtestCivic action facing the White House | 134Longest City Bus TourThe $2 city tour | 136The Magic Tree BoxA fairy world at your feet | 138Maine Avenue Fish MarketCrabs, oysters, and fried fish sammiches | 140Mansion on O StreetWonder, through secret doorways | 142The Market LunchBlue bucks for breakfast | 144Mexican Cultural InstituteStairway to vibrant colors and rich traditions | 146Millennium StageFree entertainment 365 days a year Nearly every | 148Missing Soldiers OfficeFate lent a hand – and a letter – to save history | 150Mitsitam CaféIt means, “Let’s eat!” | 152MLK Time CapsuleA skateboarder never notices | 154Mount Zion CemeteryA stop on the Underground Railroad | 156Mumbo Sauce at Yum’sThe foodstuff of urban legend | 158New Hampshire Period RoomA children’s attic playroom | 160Newton’s Apple TreeFrom the roots of science history | 162Oldest Mini-Golf CourseThe most important shot in golf is the next one | 164Omni Shoreham Ghost SuiteApparition in residence | 166Orphée MuralMarc Chagall’s mythical mosaic | 168Owney the Railway MascotThe dog who traveled the world by mail transport | 170Perry’s Drag BrunchHello, Gorgeous! | 172Peterbug Shoe AcademyNot your average cobbler shop | 174Planet Word PriviesFlush with bathroom humor | 176Prairie DogsCutest zoo animals, and natives too | 178The President’s WalkThe failed assassination of President Reagan | 180Riggs Bank BuildingMoney launderers to the dictators of the world | 182Ripley Center MuralIllusions of an ancient city | 184Rock Creek Park Horse CenterRiding in the middle of the city | 186Rock Creek PlanetariumNight sky in the park | 188Scottish Rite TempleOf Freemasons and the city | 190Shakespeare’s First FoliosThe Bard’s work on Capitol Hill | 192The Shoe RoomWe are the shoes. We are the last witnesses. | 194Shop Made in DCBringing local makers to the fore | 196Smokey Bear’s OfficeOnly you can prevent forest fires | 198The Spice SuiteThere is no fun in selling bottles of fennel | 200Theodore Roosevelt IslandA living memorial with a rich history | 202Thomas Jefferson PapersTo be perused up close | 204Transportation WalkRound, round, get around, I get around | 206Tricycle HouseRiding up the wall | 208True Reformer HallDuke Ellington’s first paid gig | 210Turkish Ambassador’s HomeFrom bottle caps to jazz tradition | 212Uline ArenaThe Beatles played their first US concert here | 214Union Station SentriesWhat are they hiding behind those shields? | 216The Uptown TheaterAn art deco movie palace | 218USNO Master ClockWhere accuracy really matters | 220Vace Italian DeliFamily recipes for the best pasta and pizza | 222Waldseemüller MapBirth certificate of the Americas | 224The Willard LobbySo much history, and that’s just in the lobby | 226Wright Flyer to the MoonFirst in flight, first to the moon | 228Zero MilestoneAll roads lead from Washington | 230