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An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.

Beneath unsuspecting visitors feet, a capsule containing pieces of America’s civil rights history.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.

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

The elevator that makes it possible to fly American flags in bulk over the U.S. Capitol

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

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

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

A promising candidate for the lost rock laid by George Washington was unearthed, but the hunt is still on.

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

An ear-piercing buzzer calls lawmakers to a vote with a series of long and short rings to form coded messages.

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

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

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A secret greenspace hides atop a Capitol parking garage.

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.