Rainy-day approved
Indoor Things to Do in DC
Rain, snow, 98-degree August, whatever. Here is where to spend the day inside.
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Ben's Chili Bowl
The DC half-smoke since 1958. Go for the history, stay for the chili.
FreeKennedy Center Millennium Stage
Free, world-class performances every day at 6 p.m.
FreeNational Gallery of Art
The only Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas, and it's free.
$$The 9:30 Club
Rolling Stone called it the #1 big club in America. They were right.
Union Market
40+ vendors, a rooftop, and DC's best one-stop food tour.
$$$Blues Alley
Oldest continuously operating jazz club in the country. Intimate, excellent.
FreeEastern Market
Farmers market, weekend arts & crafts, blueberry buckwheat pancakes.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Smithsonian's modern art museum. Infinity Mirrors, anyone?
International Spy Museum
The best non-Smithsonian museum in DC. Plan for 3 hours.
FreeKramers
DC's oldest indie bookstore, with a cafe that stays open late.
$$Madam's Organ
Three floors of live music, pool, and Americana chaos.
FreePolitics and Prose
The bookstore where authors launch books and locals argue about them.