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An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

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

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

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

In the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building is a hidden storage room full of ornate floor tiles leftover from the 1850s.

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

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.

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

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.

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

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

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

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.