Washington, D.C.
Urban geology in Washington. On this U. S. Geological Society site, learn about the building stones from which major Washington buildings are made. Nice building photos; nonclickable maps. [ccr]
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/stones/tour.html
Tour of Washington. A cool "fly-over" map guides the user to descriptions and photos of government and other sites. [tdh, ccr]
http://dcpages.com/Tourism/Maps/Washington_DC_Map/
Historic Washington. A clickable, cascading map leads to descriptions and photos of places in the District of Columbia that are listed on the Historic Register. This site also includes a feature on Washington neighborhoods and on the L'Efant and McMillan Plans for the city. From the National Park Service. [ccr]
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dcmap.htm
Historic Neighborhoods. Historical descriptions and maps of fifteen neighborhoods along with photos and descriptions of numerous sites within each. From Cultural Tourism DC. [ccr]
http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/information2550/information.htm?area=2517
Duke Ellington's Washington. Essays with photos describing the history of the thriving African American community in Washington from before the Harlem Renaissance. Features Ellington, other prominent people, and the Shaw/U Street area that is now experinecing a renaissance. From a PBS documentary. [ccr]
http://www.pbs.org/ellingtonsdc/index.htm
Building the Metro. This site covers planning, engineering, architecture, construction and operation of this 103 mile rail system. Includes maps; don't miss the 1963 crayon sketch map of the system shown under the Planning button. By the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. [ccr]
http://chnm.gmu.edu/metro/index.html
Physical Geography Tour, Los Angeles to Washington, DC. This virtual tour was created by geographer Kathleen Parker in association with the 2004 Tour of Hope, a one week bicycle relay whose purpose was to inform the public about the importance of cancer clinical trials. Text and a few photos explain physical geography features, including vegetation, along the route through California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. [ccr]
http://www.ggy.uga.edu/TourHope/index.html
Digital Atlases, Searchable Digital Archives, and Other Sites Useful for Exploring Places:
Digital Atlas of Washington and Vicinity. One of several census-based urban atlas projects by William Bowen of the California Geographical Society and the Department of Geography at California State University Northridge. Dozens of well-designed maps utilize 1990 census data. Topical categories include population and race, ancestry and nationality, income and poverty, and adult educational attainment. [ccr]
http://130.166.124.2/dcpg1.html
