The Best Western Georgetown is maybe the worst offender on the list. While some of the places on our list are simply named for some other part of D.C., this one actually purports to be somewhere else entirely. Located on New Hampshire Avenue NW near 21st and L, the Best Western is actually on the same block as the much more accurately-named Renaissance Washington Dupont Circle Hotel. Tough break for tourists who think they're staying in Georgetown, then have to walk about 8 blocks to get to very edge of the neighborhood and farther to actually get to the good stuff.

Boundary Stone is named for the surveyors' monuments that delineated the original shape of the District of Columbia, specified in the Constitution to not exceed "10 Miles Square," that is, a square 10 miles on each side. In 1791, Andrew Ellicott (one of the namesakes for Ellicott City) hired African-American mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker to mark the location of the first stone, at Jones Point in Alexandria. (Alexandria at the time was within the District; the Virginia part of the square was retroceded in 1846.) Ellicott then surveyed his way around the District and stones were placed every mile. Most of the stones are still there, with a few replaced by a plaque or sign. Boundary Stone isn't really near a boundary stone, however -- the nearest one is a few miles away in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Photo by Tom Bridge.

Another hotel claiming to be in Georgetown, at least this one is a little closer, located on M Street between 23rd and 24th. They do say it's in the West End on their website, and the Westin West End would be a pretty awkward construction, so maybe we can give them a pass for this sneakiness.

While it does have National Harbor in the name, it also has the name of our fair city — let's hope that folks who stay there don't actually think they're going to be in D.C., or they're in for quite a hike. At least they're near the Peeps Store. That's got to be worth something.

What would a list of inaccurate place names be without this one? While some Metro station names are debatable, like the Georgia Ave/Petworth Metro maybe not actually being in Petworth, this one is indisputable. It's more than a half mile from the center of Adams Morgan (and only slightly closer than the Columbia Heights Metro), and the Cleveland Park Metro is just as close to the Zoo.