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

This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.

More than 500 unique and specially designed cases collected by D.C.'s "Harmonica Case Man."

Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.

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

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

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

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.

100 years later, they're still down there.

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

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.

This robust fence in front of a historic Georgetown home is likely made from hundreds of recycled Revolutionary War firearms.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

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.

There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.

The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.

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

An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”