Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

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

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.

Need a hardcopy of the 50-title Code of Federal Regulations? This is the place.

An obscure federal monument honors the French diplomat who served as Ambassador to the U.S. during WWI.

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

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

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

Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.