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

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

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

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

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

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

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

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

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

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

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.

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

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

This robust fence in front of a historic Georgetown home is likely made from hundreds of recycled Revolutionary War firearms.