The river scene pops with maritime attractions—a boisterous fish market, social sails, and a Navy museum—and baseball.
A few blocks south of the National Mall, Washington swaps its suit and wingtips for Bermuda shorts and Sperry topsiders. In the warmer months, festive tour boats ply the languid waters of the Potomac and the Anacostia rivers, providing passengers with a swan’s-eye view of the city’s monuments. Onshore, merchants at the municipal fish market artfully arrange their daily catches, and landlubbers at waterfront bars tip their cocktails to passing leisure craft. For hundreds of years, the watery highways have supplied the area with abundant commercial and recreational opportunities, even during the bleaker periods. Most recently, the riverside has been a catalyst for change, sparking revitalization projects that stretch from Southwest to Southeast and include sections around the Washington Navy Yard, the military branch’s oldest shore base. One development worth a rousing cheer: the new Washington Nationals stadium, which threw out its inaugural pitch in 2008. And in true river fashion, water taxis transport fans to the baseball games.
Washington Nationals Park
1500 S. Capitol St. SE Washington, D.C. 20003
When the field is quiet, the Washington Nationals baseball stadium unlocks its gates for a behind-the-scenes peek. Tour stops include the dugouts (home and visitor’s), clubhouse, indoor batting cages, luxury suites, and the Nats’ bullpen, where visitors can throw a fastball in their own imaginary bottom-of-the-ninth, bases-loaded scenario.
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
101 Sixth St. SW Washington, D.C. 20024
The Tony award-winning Arena Stage has been presenting new and classic American plays for more than six decades. In 2010, it unveiled the Mead Center for American Theater, which stars three performance spaces and a theatrical lobby with a café and stunning waterfront views—all the more reason to arrive early for the show.
National Museum of the U.S. Navy
11th and O Sts. SE (entrance to Washington Navy Yard) Washington, D.C. 20374
The Navy museum, one of only 14 in the country, focuses on the long and thrilling history of the military branch, covering major wars and model ships as well as Arctic expeditions and deep-sea explorations. The Navy Yard is also home to the USS Barry, a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer that served in Beirut, Cuba and Vietnam before retiring as a civilian attraction in 1982.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I St. SW Washington, D.C. 20024
The spiritual center describes itself as “not just a church,” an accurate characterization considering its extracurricular activities. Every Friday and Monday nights, the Westminster raises the roof with live jazz and blues jams. And on Wednesdays, the sanctuary fills with oms and giggles during Laughter Yoga.
Mandarin Oriental, Washington D.C.
1330 Maryland Ave. SW Washington, D.C. 20024
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