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There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.

This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

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

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

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

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

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

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

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

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

This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

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

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.