Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

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

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

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

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

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

A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?

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

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

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

The national park was once a plantation estate.

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

Every drop of D.C. tap water flows through this old waterworks.

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

They sort through millions of dollars worth of diplomatic gifts on behalf of the government.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

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

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

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

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