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

Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

These figures float and flutter in this fountain crafted by famed Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.

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

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

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

The most magical part of this Latin American and Caribbean art museum is a room covered in beautiful blue tiles from floor to ceiling.