D.C. Vicinities Annapolis Maryland's historic state capital is home to the United States Naval Academy.
Visitors enjoy the cobblestone streets, quaint shops, and pleasure boating.
Baltimore Baltimore, located an hour's drive from D.C., owes much of its appeal to the redevelopment of its famed Inner Harbor, with restaurants, shops, and attractions such as the Baltimore National Aquarium and USS Constellation . The Lacrosse Hall of Fame at Johns Hopkins University celebrates the game Native Americans created. Arlington This residential suburb of Washington contains many U.S. government offices, notably the Pentagon , headquarters of the Department of Defense. Washington National Airport, Arlington National Cemetery , the Marine Corps Memorial Iwo Jima Statue , Netherlands Carrillon, and Fort Myer Military Reservation are here. D.C. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is one of the oldest and least altered canals in the U.S. Begun in 1828, the canal was originally supposed to extend to Pittsburgh, but construction stopped in 1850 at Cumberland.