A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.

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

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

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

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

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

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

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

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