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It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

This historic boathouse was constructed using salvaged lumber from burned barns.

Surrounded by a verdant garden and a backdrop of ivy, a monument to beloved poet Khalil Gibran stands outside of the Lebanese embassy.

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.

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

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

One of the first Second Empire-style buildings constructed in North America.

This apartment building designed by a notable Washington D.C. architect housed the Qing Dynasty's Legation.

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

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

The first museum in the U.S. to address human rights issues in China.

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

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

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

An amazing example of early-20th-century architecture, this church features marble transported from Utah.

This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.

The only tennis court that falls under the jurisdiction of the central bank.

An overlooked tribute to one of the most important peace deals in American history.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

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

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

A memorial to a shareholder activist feared by CEOs around the United States.