A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

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

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

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

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

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

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

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

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

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

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

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

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.