A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

Through the decades, Black music stars have performed at this historic hub for music and the arts.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

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.

Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.

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

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

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

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

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.

One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.

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

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

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

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

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

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

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.