This tour of the nation'scapital goes beyond the traditional guidebook to offer a historical journeythrough the federal district. Visit the White House, the only executive home inthe world regularly open to the public. Travel to President Lincoln's Cottageand see where he wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. Look around lesser-knownsites, such as the grave of Pierre L'Enfant, the city's Botanical Gardens, theOld Post Office and a host of historical homes throughout the capital. FromGeorge Washington's Mount Vernon to the Kennedy Center, trek through each eraof Washington, D.C., for a tour of America's most beloved sites. Joinauthor and Washington insider Alison Fortier as she carefully curates an expeditionto our shining city on a hill.