Washington DC / Baltimore / Annapolis

[AttackOfTheClones]

Hello ya'll.. I been to many places in this country, but yet to visit Washington DC / Baltimore / Annapolis--which will be soon, for a few days.

~Staying in Annapolis, and unfortunately missing the MidShipmen's first FB game by a couple days. (I have been to Air Force Academy + West Point)

Anyway, looking for recommendations for site-seeing that aren't listed below (or areas/venues to avoid)

My wishlist

DC:
Nationals baseball game
Monuments
Arlington Natl Cem
Georgetown
Mt Vernon
Smithsonian museums (which are the most worthwhile?)

Baltimore
Orioles baseball game
Edgar Allan Poe gravesite

~ I won't have time to travel to Monticello / Charlottesville
~ Parking my rental and using the METRO around DC

Any ideas on restaurants/bars, etc would also be appreciated!

 

[Lexclone]

The (national, I believe) aquarium in BAL is great. Also, get to Little Italy in BAL for some cannolis. Inner harbor and Federal Hill area are pretty cool.

 

[BCClone]

Hello ya'll.. I been to many places in this country, but yet to visit Washington DC / Baltimore / Annapolis--which will be soon, for a few days.

~Staying in Annapolis, and unfortunately missing the MidShipmen's first FB game by a couple days. (I have been to Air Force Academy + West Point)

Anyway, looking for recommendations for site-seeing that aren't listed below (or areas/venues to avoid)

My wishlist

DC:
Nationals baseball game
Monuments
Arlington Natl Cem
Georgetown
Mt Vernon
Smithsonian museums (which are the most worthwhile?)

Baltimore
Orioles baseball game
Edgar Allan Poe gravesite

~ I won't have time to travel to Monticello / Charlottesville
~ Parking my rental and using the METRO around DC

Any ideas on restaurants/bars, etc would also be appreciated!

Holocaust is a must. Arlington also (changing of the guard). Washingtons distillery and feed mill were neat. National archives to catch the constitution and DOI. Before you can’t make anything out of them. National mall at night, so much better than the day.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Allocate an entire day to the Smithsonian museums. Way too much to see in less time than that.

 

[AttackOfTheClones]

Holocaust is a must. Arlington also (changing of the guard). Washingtons distillery and feed mill were neat. National archives to catch the constitution and DOI. Before you can’t make anything out of them. National mall at night, so much better than the day.

Thank you ~ much appreciated

 

[AgronAlum]

Allocate an entire day to the Smithsonian museums. Way too much to see in less time than that.

I think we did like 3 days and that still wasn’t enough.

 

[BCClone]

Allocate an entire day to the Smithsonian museums. Way too much to see in less time than that.

National history is what we liked the most. If you do Dulles, then I’d skip the air/flight/ space one. They have a new black history one (it’s huge)

Both trips with my kids we had to do the post office one and that blows royally.

 

[Cyclonepride]

I think we did like 3 days and that still wasn’t enough.

I went on a class trip, and we spent half a day there. Should have wiped a lot of other things off our schedule to make room for that.

 

[AgronAlum]

Also, get out of your comfort zone with the food. It’s so culturally diverse in that area, there’s a good restaurant for everything.

 

[Peter]

Black history museum, MLK monument, BLM plaza.

 

[jctisu]

The (national, I believe) aquarium in BAL is great. Also, get to Little Italy in BAL for some cannolis. Inner harbor and Federal Hill area are pretty cool.

The aquarium is really cool there. It’s huge.

 

[Max]

Hello ya'll.. I been to many places in this country, but yet to visit Washington DC / Baltimore / Annapolis--which will be soon, for a few days.

~Staying in Annapolis, and unfortunately missing the MidShipmen's first FB game by a couple days. (I have been to Air Force Academy + West Point)

Anyway, looking for recommendations for site-seeing that aren't listed below (or areas/venues to avoid)

My wishlist

DC:
Nationals baseball game
Monuments
Arlington Natl Cem
Georgetown
Mt Vernon
Smithsonian museums (which are the most worthwhile?)

Baltimore
Orioles baseball game
Edgar Allan Poe gravesite

~ I won't have time to travel to Monticello / Charlottesville
~ Parking my rental and using the METRO around DC

Any ideas on restaurants/bars, etc would also be appreciated!

In Baltimore, I recommend Ft. McHenry and also the Babe Ruth museum where I luckily was able to go to down to the basement storage to see things not currently on display. Was able to hold a Cal Ripken Jr’s bat and gold glove, the 1983 Orioles World Series trophy and the 1971 NFL Vince Lombardi trophy.

 

[jsb]

African American History museum, MLK monument, American History Museum.

 

[AgronAlum]

Air and space museum at Dulles is cool as ****.

Also, the Holocaust museum.

 

[clonechemist]

Restaurants: Founding Farmers is solid all around. Also some great Ethiopian restaurants.

Has anyone been to the new Native American museum? Recommend or nah?

 

[KidSilverhair]

The Metro is a great way to get around, but it doesn’t get you everywhere … there’s no line to Georgetown, for example, and the Jefferson Memorial isn’t convenient, either. The transit system does run what’s called Circulator routes with the buses - there’s one that loops the Mall, another that runs to Georgetown, all just a buck a ride. That’s something to consider. Georgetown is neat to visit.

The Holocaust Museum is incredibly well done, as is the African American Museum. All the Smithsonians are worth a look, but you can’t get to them all at once - the Portrait Gallery is really cool, if portraits are your thing. The American Indian Museum has really good food options.

I think the Air and Space Museum on the Mall is still undergoing renovations and part of it is closed.

The FDR Memorial is kind of off the beaten track between the Jefferson and MLK memorials, but it’s neat and quiet and shady (which is important in Washington in the summer). Another great hidden spot is the Sculpture Garden between the Natural History Museum and the National Gallery of Art.

Ford’s Theatre is interesting if you have the time, but not a lot to it. Similarly with the Mint tour - it’s okay, but won’t take your breath away.

I miss the Newseum - one of my very favorite places to visit, but it couldn’t make a go of it on Pennsylvania Avenue and had to close, darn it.

Nationals Park is great, right by a Metro stop, a rapidly growing neighborhood of bars and restaurants. My son used to live right down there - former Cardinal Matt Adams lived in his building after he got traded to the Nats a few years ago. The Wharf is also taking off as a destination with lots of places to eat and drink, plus water taxis to Georgetown, Alexandria, and National Harbor.

 

[CyGuy5]

Whatever you do, don’t get off the metro before the Nats Park stop. Girl at the capitol told us to do that, would not recommend

 

[AgronAlum]

Whatever you do, don’t get off the metro before the Nats Park stop. Girl at the capitol told us to do that, would not recommend

I have a sibling that lived in Chevy Chase, MD before moving overseas. We were warned there are some stops you don’t want to get off of so k ow where you’re going before getting on. Also, stay right if you’re not sprinting. You’ll get your ass run over.

 

[psycln11]

Some of my favorites from 2019 trip...

Mt. Vernon
Air and Space Museum @ Dulles
Holocaust Museum
Gettysburg
Changing of the Guard
Theodore Roosevelt Island
Monuments at Night tour
National Gallery of Art

Definitely do the Metro!!

Double check because a lot of places have timed entries that you have to sign up for in advance.

 

[AgronAlum]

The Metro is a great way to get around, but it doesn’t get you everywhere … there’s no line to Georgetown, for example, and the Jefferson Memorial isn’t convenient, either. The transit system does run what’s called Circulator routes with the buses - there’s one that loops the Mall, another that runs to Georgetown, all just a buck a ride. That’s something to consider. Georgetown is neat to visit.

The Holocaust Museum is incredibly well done, as is the African American Museum. All the Smithsonians are worth a look, but you can’t get to them all at once - the Portrait Gallery is really cool, if portraits are your thing. The American Indian Museum has really good food options.

I think the Air and Space Museum on the Mall is still undergoing renovations and part of it is closed.

The FDR Memorial is kind of off the beaten track between the Jefferson and MLK memorials, but it’s neat and quiet and shady (which is important in Washington in the summer). Another great hidden spot is the Sculpture Garden between the Natural History Museum and the National Gallery of Art.

Ford’s Theatre is interesting if you have the time, but not a lot to it. Similarly with the Mint tour - it’s okay, but won’t take your breath away.

I miss the Newseum - one of my very favorite places to visit, but it couldn’t make a go of it on Pennsylvania Avenue and had to close, darn it.

Nationals Park is great, right by a Metro stop, a rapidly growing neighborhood of bars and restaurants. My son used to live right down there - former Cardinal Matt Adams lived in his building after he got traded to the Nats a few years ago. The Wharf is also taking off as a destination with lots of places to eat and drink, plus water taxis to Georgetown, Alexandria, and National Harbor.

Ford theatre was kind of a bust for me. The real stuff was at the Ford museum in Michigan. Would not recommend.

The Marine Corp museum was decent as well.