Federal News Radio speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about interesting things to do in and near the nation’s capital. This week:

• view a plant-based version of some of the best-known sights in the U.S. at the annual winter holiday model train display at the United States Botanic Garden on Capitol Hill, among them a teeny-tiny version of Texas’ famed Cadillac Ranch.

According to Family Christmas Online, the placing of a model railroad track around the Christmas tree in the home gained greatly in popularity beginning in 1901, when the Lionel Corporation began selling electric toy trains to the general public.

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