Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.

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

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.

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

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

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

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.