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By: LisaMarrs

LisaMarrs — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:45:48 +0000

Hey everybody, thanks so much for participating! Congratulations to Andrew Lih for winning 1st place, Merrilee for 2nd place, Deyrck Chan for 3rd place, and Kolossos for 4th place! Please pick up your bike vouchers at the information table from the crown lady.

By: Giorgio

Giorgio — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:53:03 +0000

I want to visit a lot of interesting places, but first I’ll visit the national portrait gallery: some people told me it is a “must see” thing in DC!

By: Deryck Chan

Deryck Chan — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:36:11 +0000

Capitol Hill Baptist Church. A church right in the centre of the political district and attended by many influential political figures, yet renowned for its religious teaching rather than political involvement or touristic value. I’m definitely visiting them anyway!

By: Kolossos

Kolossos — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:07:17 +0000

Riding a bicycle ROCK’S!
I rent a bike in NY and it was a wonderful way to go along the coastline. Now I want to see WDC this way.

By: Isaac Kosgei

Isaac Kosgei — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 19:28:26 +0000

Would love to tour DC.
I am new and dont know any place. Ride will be great

By: MB-one

MB-one — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:06:11 +0000

For avgeeks, like me, the Air and Space Museum is a must see. I was planning to use Bikeshare anyway, but it would be very nice if it was free.

By: Merrilee

Merrilee — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:18:32 +0000

My absolute favorite thing to do in DC is to tour the monuments by night. Particularly in the summer time, this is a great way to see the monuments at their best — they are lit up and beautiful, the air is cool, no hot sun beating down on you, the crowds are much reduced, and you get that feeling like you are sneaking off and doing something a little bad (except that you are not). My usual route is to go from the Washington Monument to Jefferson, over to the FDR memorial, then to the Korean War Memorial, then on to Lincoln, and ending with the Vietnam memorial. This is the first time I’ll be in DC with the new WWII memorial open, so I’m excited to see how that looks on my night tour. I usually gather up a group of fellow travelers and haul them off for a hike, but I imagine that this is something that would be even better on bike!

By: Andrew Lih

Andrew Lih — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:53:44 +0000

The National Building Museum is one of the most overlooked museums in DC, but one of the best of its kind anywhere in the world. What other institution has a tribute to LEGOS, architecture, style, art and civil engineering all under one roof? And what an incredible roof it is. The museum is housed in the old Pension Bureau building, an 1887 brick structure that has a breathtaking open interior with 75 foot high columns painted to resemble marble. The frieze that goes around the outside of the building beautifully depicts Civil War soldiers, a nod to the building’s role in administering payments to war veterans. With its conversion to a museum in 1980, kids can learn about physics and civil engineering by experimenting with a life-sized arch composed of “soft stuffed bricks,” or peruse its great book/gift shop. While it’s not exactly in the flow of Wikimania’s activities, hopefully an interested contingent of Wikipedians can organize visit. Perhaps a bike excursion!

-User:Fuzheado

By: slowking

slowking — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:21:44 +0000

smithsonian american art museum; with the norman foster atrium

By: oz750

oz750 — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:33:52 +0000

Apply for bikeshare.