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Smithsonian's National Zoo
Free-admission zoo in Washington, D.C. that is part of the Smithsonian Institution, famous for its giant pandas.
14 km · about 25 min drive
Maryland, United States · North America
North Bethesda works well as a base: 10 minutes from North Kensington, 14km from Smithsonian's National Zoo.
North Bethesda is a town located in Maryland, United States. With a population of 43,828, it is an important destination in North America.
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The Riley-Bolten House, known locally as Uncle Tom's Cabin, is a historic home located at North Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1+1⁄2-story early-19th century frame house with a mid-19th century log wing, formerly located on the Riley plantation along with much of the suburb thatRead more
presently surrounds it. Both the house and the wing were renovated between 1936 and 1939 in the Colonial Revival style according to designs by Washington, D.C. architect Lorenzo S. Winslow.
The house is one of several examples in the county of older homes that were renovated in the Colonial Revival style in the wake of the popularity of Colonial Williamsburg, developed in Virginia by the Rockefeller Foundation at the same time. It was originally the main house on an extensive plantation but was reduced to a 1-acre (0.40 ha) plot of land to serve as the centerpiece for a new suburban development in the mid-20th century.
An early owner of the home was Isaac Riley, who bought the enslaved Josiah Henson while living there. Henson was put to work on the plantation, in time coming to manage much of the Riley estate. The autobiography he produced after his escape, The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, was the model for Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. The slave quarters on the Riley plantation where Henson actually lived were destroyed in the 1950s when much of the former plantation was developed into suburban tract housing.
The Riley-Bolten House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
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North Bethesda is located in Maryland, United States, North America. The coordinates are 39.0446 latitude, -77.1189 longitude.
North Bethesda has a population of approximately 43,828 people, making it a town in United States.
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Free-admission zoo in Washington, D.C. that is part of the Smithsonian Institution, famous for its giant pandas.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Moving black granite wall inscribed with the names of more than 58,000 American service members who died in the Vietnam War.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Official residence and workplace of the President of the United States since 1800, a symbol of American democracy.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Neoclassical memorial honouring Abraham Lincoln, featuring a massive seated statue and the site of Martin Luther King's famous speech.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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America's front yard stretching from the US Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, lined with iconic monuments, memorials, and Smithsonian museums.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Home to the Hope Diamond and over 148 million specimens, making it one of the world's premier natural history collections.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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A free world-class museum on the National Mall featuring masterpieces from the Middle Ages to the present, including the only Leonardo da Vinci painting in the Americas.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Neoclassical domed memorial on the Tidal Basin dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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