This fertility idol of questionable authenticity inspired an iconic Indiana Jones artifact.

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

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

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

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

This apartment building designed by a notable Washington D.C. architect housed the Qing Dynasty's Legation.

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

This house was once the location of Frelinghuysen University.

The former home of elite checkers battles of the Capital Pool Checkers Club.

The former home of Lillian Evans Tibbs and her grandson, Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr., whose prodigious contributions to music and art spanned more than 90 years.

The school tested mustard gas for the U.S. Army during World War I.

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

Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.

The former home of the woman who successfully fought to integrate restaurants in Washington, D.C.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.

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

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.