The Mall (Washington, DC)

The Mall in Washington, DC is an open area of gardens, fountains, trees, flower beds, and monuments used by the American public in assemblages for recreation, for cultural development, for protests, and for escape from the urbanization of the nation's capital. The Mall features the following attractions:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Korean War Verterans Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Washington Monument
White House

The Mall is flanked by, or within walking distance of:

American History Museum
National Museum of Natural History
National Gallery of Art
United States Capitol
American Indian Museum
National Air and Space Museum
Hirshorn Museum
Smithsonian Castle

Other attractions are nearby: the Postal Museum, the American Art Museum, the Sackler Gallery, the African Art Museum, the Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress, the Botanic Gardens, the Old Post Office, Ford's Theater, the National Theater, the National Archives, and other places of interest.

The Mall, in combination with all the other attractions in the Washington metropolitan area, makes the nation's capital city one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country.