This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

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.

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

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 portal into the bricked up canal that runs through the heart of Washington D.C.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

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 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.

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

This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.

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

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

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

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

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.

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

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

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