Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

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

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

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

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

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

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

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

Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.

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

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

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

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

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

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

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