This historic boathouse was constructed using salvaged lumber from burned barns.

The final residence of an educator, civil rights leader, and presidential advisor was also the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.

One of the first Second Empire-style buildings constructed in North America.

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.

Once a sewer culvert, this road tunnel now offers cyclists and pedestrians a subterranean stroll under the C&O Canal.

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

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

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

A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

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

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

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

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

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

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

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

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

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

Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.