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

Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.

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

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

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

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.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

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

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

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.