The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

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

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

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

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.

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

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

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

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.