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

Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

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

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.

The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.

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

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

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

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

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

These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

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