26 Amazing U.S. Sights You Should Visit Before You Die
16. The Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
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Located in the National Mall, the monument is home to a 19-foot marble sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, which sits behind an impressive colonnade and next to inscriptions of two of the president’s most famous speeches: the Gettysburg address and his second inaugural address.