A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.

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

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

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

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

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

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

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.