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

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.

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

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.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

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

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.

This Asian-inspired tower in a lush urban park provides spectacular panoramic views of Baltimore.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.