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

‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’

"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”

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

A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.

An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

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.