3 Stop 3 of 9 on Spies, Lies & Dead Drops

The F-B-I Building

Penn Quarter, Washington DC

A Preview

"Look at this building. Really look at it. The J. Edgar Hoover Building. Two point eight million square feet of Brutalist concrete. It has been voted the ugliest building in America. Also the ugliest building in the world — by two separate ranking systems. Visitors describe it as a prison with windows. It's also falling apart."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.

The Reveal

This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.

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Ford's Theatre

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The Willard Hotel
Spies, Lies & Dead Drops

Spies, Lies & Dead Drops

9 stops · 2h 30m

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All Stops

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 Ford's Theatre
  3. 3 The F-B-I Building
  4. 4 The Willard Hotel
  5. 5 The White House
  6. 6 Watergate Complex
  7. 7 The Georgetown Dead Drop
  8. 8 The Soviet Embassy
  9. 9 The Reveal

Hear the full story at The F-B-I Building

This is just one of 9 stops on the Spies, Lies & Dead Drops tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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