This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

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

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

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

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

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

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

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

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

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

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

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

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

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

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

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

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.

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