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It might be DC’s most exclusive museum hidden inside a local TV station

By Matt Kaufax
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Did you know the first time Kermit the Frog and Ronald McDonald ever appeared on TV was in D.C.?

Or, that the first color television broadcast in the history of TV was filmed in the District?

All of these things happened at NBC Washington, the location of the latest episode of “Matt About Town.”

WTOP’s Matt Kaufax received a behind-the-scenes tour of the TV station’s unofficial “newseum,” which contains some incredible artifacts that tell the stories (of the stories) that shaped our country, one broadcast at a time.

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These obscure DC landmarks off Rock Creek Parkway have ties to the construction of the city itself

By Matt Kaufax
It’s one of D.C.’s most obscure landmarks — connecting back to the very construction of our nation’s capital — in a spot you might drive or walk by every day and never notice. In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we're heading to a little clearing on the side of Rock Creek Parkway to uncover the Godey Lime Kilns.
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