Washington DC is a great place to go on a budget! Most of the sites of DC are free and within walking distance of each other. I have gone to DC more times than I can count, with all but 3 times being day trips. If you are going to DC definitely check out these places:
- Air and Space Museum-FREE
- National Museum of American History-FREE
- National Museum of Natural History-FREE
- Lincoln Memorial-FREE
- WWII Memorial-FREE
- Korean War Memorial-FREE
- Vietnam Memorial-FREE
- Ford's Theathre-FREE
- Martin Luther King Memorial>-FREE
- National Mall-FREE
- Old Post Office Tower-FREE
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial-FREE
- Washington Monument-FREE
- National Museum of the American Indian-FREE
- Smithsonian American Art Museum-FREE
- National Zoo-FREE
- FDR Memorial-FREE
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing-FREE
- National Archives-FREE
- Library of Congress-FREE
- Arlington Cemetery-FREE
- Supreme Court-FREE
- Union Station-FREE
- Holocaust Memorial Museum-Free
