Perched among a cluster of embassies on the former National Bureau of Standards campus, one unassuming trunk can trace its roots to the apple tree that allegedly bonked Isaac Newton on the head and inspired the theory of gravity.
The original Newton apple tree is located on the Woolsthorpe Manor. To many people’s surprise, it’s still going strong at an estimated 350 years old.
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| Name | Since | Distance | |||
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| Virginia Historical Highway Markers along I-95 en | 2018 | 2km | site_izi | ||
| The Painfully Obvious FBI Spy House | 2017 | 2.1km | site_ao | ||
| The Remains of American University’s Chemical Warfare Center | 2017 | 2.6km | site_ao | ||
| The Cold War Spy Station in an Attic Pigeon Coop | 2017 | 1.2km | site_ao | ||
| Uncle Beazley the Triceratops | 2017 | 1.6km | site_ao | ||
| ‘Cartwheel’ Tower | 2016 | 1.7km | site_ao | ||
| Churchill and Mandela Call and Response | 2017 | 2.4km | site_ao | ||
| The U.S. Naval Observatory’s Enviable Astronomical Library | 2017 | 2.3km | site_ao | ||
| There’s a Crumbling Old Mansion Inside the Smithsonian Zoo | 2017 | 2.5km | site_ao | ||
| The Most Accurate Timepiece in the World | 2017 | 2.3km | site_ao | ||
| Jean Jules Jusserand Memorial | 2016 | 1.3km | site_ao | ||
| Rockefeller Mansion in Rock Creek Park | 2016 | 1.7km | site_ao | ||
| The Bell Ringers’ Club House on Top of the National Cathedral Bell Tower | 2017 | 1.3km | site_ao | ||
| Russian Embassy | 2017 | 2.1km | site_ao |
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