Secrets of America's Favorite Places

Lincoln's Washington (1x2)

Air date: Jul 10, 2016

Are there secret messages contained at the Lincoln Memorial? You’ll be shocked to know that Abraham Lincoln often traveled around Washington, D.C. alone – without a security detail. Visit an often-overlooked Washington, D.C. cottage where Lincoln spent nearly a quarter of his presidency. And would you believe almost 50 years before the Lincoln Memorial was built on the National Mall, a little-known controversial statue served as the nation’s landmark to honor Lincoln?