The strangest spot along the border between suburban Maryland and Washington, D.C. - the high-rises in the suburbs and enclosed malls in the city. - it's probably the only place in the USA where you can shop at multiple malls in two "states" without stepping outside -- the Metro entrance under Western has doors leading to the shopping centers at all four quadrants of the intersection. - of the four department stores here, two (Lord & Taylor and Saks) are free-standing, which is an unusual arrangement outside city centers, and even though the area has ~1.5 million sq. ft. of retail, the largest single retail center is around 300-400,000 sq. ft.