The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

Home to two notable early-20th-century Black educators, Lucy Slowe and Mary Burrill.

Depending on who you ask, this controversial treehouse is either a charmingly creative child's playhouse or an illegal encroachment on public land.

A striking memorial to the 21 lives lost in an explosion at the Washington Arsenal

The revival of a classic Art Deco theater.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

On a clear day, you can see all the way to the Virgin Islands from the top of this observation tower built in the 1960s.

A former pyramid-shaped library with colorful murals lies just across the bay from Old San Juan.

A park where people have been going to feed friendly pigeons since the 18th century

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.

This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

This American Civil War-era fort still stands near the border between Washington, D.C. and Maryland.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

This post-war motel embodies a little-known, Miami-born architectural style.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.