Places Edited by jsbarclay

A glimpse of the Pacific Northwest‘s indigenous culture in Washington, D.C.

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

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

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

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

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

This little brick tunnel built by Confederate forces was used to conduct surprise attacks on the railroad.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

This unassuming passageway played a key role in one of the most important events in U.S. history.

A surprising, but overlooked example of geology in the middle of the nation’s capital.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.