A beautiful waterfall and beach where precious stones are plentiful.

The highest tides in the world come in and out here twice a day, allowing you to essentially walk along the ocean floor.

"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”

Helen Keller once broke ground on this historic center for the study of technologies to benefit the hearing impaired.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

The district's only illusionarium supports free writing programs for local students with every purchase.