Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

Borne from segregation and exclusion, Durham’s Black Wall Street is now a living reminder of the city’s past

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

Surrounded by a verdant garden and a backdrop of ivy, a monument to beloved poet Khalil Gibran stands outside of the Lebanese embassy.

A street in front of NASA's D.C. headquarters has been named in honor of the Black women who were essential to early spaceflight.

The only tennis court that falls under the jurisdiction of the central bank.

Coins and medals straight from the mint await visitors to this shop in the nation's capital.

A memorial to a shareholder activist feared by CEOs around the United States.

A promising candidate for the lost rock laid by George Washington was unearthed, but the hunt is still on.

Through the decades, Black music stars have performed at this historic hub for music and the arts.

A small token of gratitude from freezing cold journalists who were given a warm haven while covering JFK's inauguration.

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.

Atop this media building, two hives containing more than 30,000 bees keep the surrounding area vibrant.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

A surprising, but overlooked example of geology in the middle of the nation’s capital.

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

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.