The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

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 innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

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

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

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

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

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

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

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

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

A secret greenspace hides atop a Capitol parking garage.

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

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

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