The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

A secret greenspace hides atop a Capitol parking garage.

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

A public art jibe at one of the United States’ oldest and longest-serving senators.

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

The district's only illusionarium supports free writing programs for local students with every purchase.

An overlooked tribute to one of the most important peace deals in American history.

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

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

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

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.

A replica of the famous memorial statue at the Normandy American Cemetery hides in an office building in downtown D.C.

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

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.

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.

This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.

The tunnel under the Capitol Building where Congress takes out its trash.

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

After his presidency, George Washington planned to live only a few blocks from the Capitol building.