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Score: The National Pinball Museum Opens in D.C.

When you want to play a game, DanceDanceRevolution, Guitar Hero or Call of Duty: Black Ops might be your vice of choice. But back in the day, it was Guns n' Roses pinball. The National Pinball Museum opened this month to honor the retro pinging game.

The 14,000-square-foot facility, tucked inside the Shops at Georgetown Park mall in Washington, D.C., is not one of those look-but-don't-touch museums. There's a game room with 40 rotating pinball machines, including the aforementioned GNR game, one devoted to the Twilight Zone and another to Indiana Jones.

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Jaunted How-To Guide: The Washington Monument

Now that the cherry blossoms have come and gone and Screen on the Green is a no-go, it looks like it's back to the classic tourist sites for summer visitors to Washington, DC. First and foremost is the Washington Monument, a zoo of a tourist trap that has led many swearing 'never again.' But, if you can brave the crowds and make it to the top, the view of DC (and almost 30 miles beyond) is really to die for, so it's one of those things that's worth doing once. Luckily, Jaunted has your super-simple guide for how to get to the top:

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Best Raw Bars :: DC's Sea Catch

When looking for a raw bar, sometimes you want a dingy little seafront shack full of locals cracking open shellfish that were caught that morning. Sea Catch is definitely not that.

Set in a 150-year-old Georgetown mansion, there's nothing quaint about the restaurant's 31-foot, white marble raw bar. But what it lacks in homeyness Sea Catch makes up for with its gigantic list of always-fresh seafood. Not exactly for locavores, the place offers several dozen types of oysters from both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. There are also farm-raised mussels, clams, shrimp, stone crabs and house-smoked salmon.

Plus there's the ridiculously over-the-top $80 shellfish skyscraper, a giant mound of all the above topped with lobster cocktail and jumbo lump crab meat. Not quite your style? Come back for the $1 raw bar happy hour.

Related Stories:
· Sea Catch Restaurant [Official Site]
· Best Raw Bars coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Sea Catch]