Places stephsrs Wants to Go

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

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

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.

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

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

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

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.