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

This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.

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

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

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

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

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

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

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

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

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

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