Places cattbertt Wants to Go

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

Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.

A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

A hidden passageway now marks the site of an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that some say broke a 140-year-old curse.

During Prohibition, the U.S. Congress had an "official" bootlegger, with his own Capitol Hill office.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

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

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

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

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

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

One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

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

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.