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

Through the decades, Black music stars have performed at this historic hub for music and the arts.

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

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

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

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.

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

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

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

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

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

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.