Places sarahltait Wants to Go

A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.

The school tested mustard gas for the U.S. Army during World War I.

The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

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

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

Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.

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

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

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

"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!”

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

Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.

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

There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.

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

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

Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.

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

Helen Keller once broke ground on this historic center for the study of technologies to benefit the hearing impaired.

There's an old indoor swimming pool hidden directly underneath the White House Press Briefing Room.

Senators used to relax in the nearly forgotten marble tubs now hidden in the U.S. Capitol Building's basement.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.