A collection of miniature, symbolic sculptures hides in plain sight across Kyiv.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

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

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

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

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.

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

Helen Keller once broke ground on this historic center for the study of technologies to benefit the hearing impaired.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

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

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

The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.

A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.

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

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

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

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

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

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

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

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

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

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.