When visiting DC I would recommend that you stick to the central area " the National Mall " The area from the Capitol building to Abraham Lincoln memorial . The monuments are mostly at the west end - Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, FDR Memorial. If the weather is really good go for the Thomas Jefferson Memorial as well. The Museums are mostly located in and around the central area of the National Mall -  The Smithsonian has several different branches and will probably be the most interesting for the teens such as -Air and Space, Natural History, and more.

Washington D.C is full of tourist attractions , from monuments to memorial and museums there are a-lot to see and visit everywhere e, some of D.C visitors would love to do something not traditional or regularly done by D.C visitors . In this conversation we are going to list all the hidden spots of Washington D.C Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/loc/visit/ Great exhibits. amazing architecture. National Building Museum - http://www.nbm.org/ The Museum was designed in the 1880s by Montgomery C. Meigs to house the Pension Bureau. The building's external dimensions are 400 feet by 200 feet, and 75 feet high to cornice level. The revolving exhibitions are stimulating and related to construction, plan, engineering, building, and city design. Botanical Gardens - http://www.usbg.gov/ Gravelly Point - …aol.com/washington/entertainment/venue.adp… If you like planes you will love this place. This park sits on the Virginia side of the Potomac right at the end of the runway for National Airport. Every few minutes a plane SCREAMS overhead to land or take off (depending on which way the wind blows)