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Things to do in DC (hexbear.net)

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Going to DC with a friend for a couple days and am wondering if Hexbear has some ideas on what to do. We already have a list of the 4 (maybe 5) museums we're going to, so probably don't need any suggestions there. (Though feel free if somewhere was super cool to you.) Preferably things close to metro and/or downtown.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing tour is a reasonably fun way to spend an hour and a half.

Take the Acela to Baltimore and sigh that it's the closest thing to HSR America can offer. There's a nice aquarium there, or a well-renowned railway museum if you want to keep the theme. At the time I went (2016) the Acela fare was like 3x the standard Amtrak fare, and I think there might even be cheaper commuter-rail options.

There's a fiddly little island (Theodore Roosevelt Island) in the Potomac which would make for a nice hike, I recall it being conparatively deserted when I went.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Take the Acela to Baltimore and sigh that it's the closest thing to HSR America can offer. There's a nice aquarium there, or a well-renowned railway museum if you want to keep the theme.

The B&O is probably the best train museum ever, best I've been to for sure.

Also Baltimore just has a lot of cool spots. Go to Fells Point if you're there, really cool old dockworkers neighborhood with a lot of cool bars and stuff.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

there might even be cheaper commuter-rail options.

MARC train

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Those trains to Baltimore supposedly reach 125mph so you are doing pretty good on speed too.