Houses in Washington, D.C.

This nondescript row house in downtown Washington, D.C., was the home of a very secretive group for well over a century

After James Madison's death, his wife and former First Lady Dolley Madison lived in this yellow building near the White House.

This rowhouse doubles as one of the most photographed spots in the nation's capital.

An 18th-century townhouse that once hosted guests of the president.

The final residence of an educator, civil rights leader, and presidential advisor was also the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.

The former home of Lillian Evans Tibbs and her grandson, Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr., whose prodigious contributions to music and art spanned more than 90 years.

The former home of the woman who successfully fought to integrate restaurants in Washington, D.C.

Now a living classroom, this house was once the home of Reverend James Clinton Dent, a formerly enslaved man and a pastor.

The oldest house in Washington, D.C. wasn't originally constructed in the nation's capital.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

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

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

After his presidency, George Washington planned to live only a few blocks from the Capitol building.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.