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

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

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

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

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

A portal into the bricked up canal that runs through the heart of Washington D.C.

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

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

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.