Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

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

Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

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

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

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

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

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

These abandoned waterworks are crumbling into the Potomac River.