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

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

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

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.

Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.