The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

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

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

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

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

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

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

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

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

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

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.