The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Sip creative cocktails in the former vault of the Riggs Bank.

Garments from across the globe call this hidden gem home.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

Coins and medals straight from the mint await visitors to this shop in the nation's capital.

Once a sewer culvert, this road tunnel now offers cyclists and pedestrians a subterranean stroll under the C&O Canal.

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

Atop this media building, two hives containing more than 30,000 bees keep the surrounding area vibrant.

A surprising, but overlooked example of geology in the middle of the nation’s capital.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

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

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

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.