Today we visit the National Museum of the Marine Corps, one of the DC area's newest museums. We think this museum is worth renting a car for, especially if you have a connection of some sort to the US Marine Corps.

We start off outside the museum, in the Semper Fidelis Memorial Park, checking out the overlook and the future site of the chapel. We talk about the Memorial Bricks. (2:05)

We enter the Museum and view the Leatherneck Gallery, under the soaring glass roof, and hung with many planes. (10:32)

We play the Semper Fidelis March by the US Marine Band, and written by famous Marine bandleader John Philip Sousa. (13:01)

We visit an exhibit on "Making Marines", which is about boot camp. Julie lets a drill sergeant yell at her. (15:56)

We play the Navy Hymn by the US Marine Band. (21:11)

We visit the exhibit about World War II and experience the landing at Iwo Jima in their immersion experience room. We take you along for a little of the experience. (22:02)

We continue on to visit the Korean and Vietnam War exhibits. (26:20)

We visit the art gallery and see art done by Marines and civilians that reflect the conflicts that Marines have seen. (29:42)

We play a slower version of the Navy Hymn by the US Marine Band. (33:06)

We finish up at an exhibit, near the Mess Hall, about the US Marine Band. (34:16)

We play American Pageant by the US Marine Band to close the show out. (35:42)

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Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music was from the Marine Hymn, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia.

Follow in our steps visually with our Marine Museum Photo Album.

Today we visit the Corcoran Museum of Art, one of Washington's finest private art museums. We recommend you use the Farragut West Metro Station to start this tour.

We start off talking about the history of the museum, before going inside. (2:22)

Entering the museum, we pay our $6 admission each and head into the Treasures of European Decorative Arts Exhibit, where the highlights (for us) are the ceramics, the tapestries, the Salon D'Ore, and the Islamic Carpets. (8:04)

We play Lauren by DC singer-songwriter Sharif , which comes to us courtesy of the PodsafeAudio.com. (14:30)

We continue on to an exhibit on modern California Art. (19:47)

We continue on to two sets of photographs, one in the Corcoran Corridor, and one of the Iraq and Afghani wars. (21:22)

We visit the Rotunda, and the installation "Loop", which we have included a number of photographs of in our photo album. (22:03)

We finish up our visit to the Corcoran with a visit to the European Landscape Exhibit. (24:36)

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Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music was from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia.

Follow in our steps visually with our Corcoran Photo Album.

Today we return to the heart of DC and visit the historic Capitol Hill Neighborhood, just east of all those big fancy government buildings. We recommend you use the Eastern Market Metro Station to start this tour.

We start off wandering around Washington's historic Eastern Market. We even shop there! (2:15)

We talk about Capitol Hill Townhouses in general, of which you can see many photos in our photo album this week. In particular we look at the unusual townhomes in Philadephia Row. (5:08)

We play Welcome to DC by DC Hip-Hop Band Mambo Sauce , which comes to us courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network. (7:53)

We find ourselves at Lincoln Park, which combines history with a great public park, including playground and dog walk. (12:08)

While we walk down East Capitol Street, we play Spring Fever by Monika Herzig , which comes to us courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network. (17:08)

We pause at the corner of East Capitol and Third Streets - right on the cusp of the government buildings, near the Folger Theatre, and admire one of the smallest houses in this area. (20:57)

We walk past the Frederick Douglas Museum and Hall of Fame for Caring Americans. Note the web site was not working when we posted - we hope that is a temporary condition. (22:23)

We end up, on our way to our dinner at the nearby Cafe Berlin , at the Sewell-Belmont House and Museum. (23:31)

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Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music was from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia.

Follow in our steps visually with our Capitol Hill Photo Album.