L'Enfant was buried here

This cenotaph in the back yard of the Pallotine Seminary at Green Hill in Chillum, Maryland, marks the spot where Pierre L'Enfant was buried in 1825.

Beginning of the Territory of Columbia

The south corner marker of the District of Columbia

Laugh and the World Laughs With You....

John A. Joyce stole a poem and took it to his grave.

The Bernard Baruch Bench of Inspiration

in Lafayette Square, Washington, DC
 

Ingrid Bergman and George Washington's Hippopotamus

at 21st and H Streets NW, Washington, DC

Col. Dahlgren's Leg

At the Washington Navy Yard

Within This Wall Is Deposited The Leg of Col. Ulric Dahlgren U.S.V. Wounded July 6th 1863 While Skirmishing In The Streets of Hagerstown With The Rebels After The Battle of Gettysburgh

Mary Hall: The Madam on the Mall

 Mary Ann Hall ran the largest whorehouse in Washington, DC, during the Civil War.

The North Point of the District of Columbia

Meigs's Red Barn

The old pension building at 440 G Street in Northwest D.C.

Robert S. "Beau" Hickman -- King of the Bummers

This thin marble headstone in Congressional Cemetery, in Southeast DC, marks the final resting place of Beau Hickman.

George Washington Unclothed

Horatio Greenough's semi-naked statue of George Washington personifying Zeus is on the second floor of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History near the elevators.

The Tallest Building in Washington

 Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Frank Kameny's Way

Once Upon a Gay Time

 17th Street between P Street and R Street: Frank Kameny Way

The Queen of the Corporate Jungle

- Evelyn Y. Davis -

Queen of the Corporate Jungle

1929 --- Forever

Surratt's Boarding House

Wok 'n Roll

The Lincoln assassination conspirators met at Mary Surratt's Boarding House on H Street in Washington.

Anderson Cottage

Lincoln's Summer White House at the Soldiers' Home

Where Valor Proudly Sleeps

 Battleground National Cemetery

On Georgia Avenue, two blocks south of Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, DC, is a tiny Federal cemetery, a little more than an acre of ground with 41 graves arranged in a circular pattern.

The Jefferson Pier

In the shadow of the Washington Monument is a small granite stone marking the site of the Jefferson Pier.

Concepcion Picciotto

A Living Landmark

Braddock's Rock -- The Key of Keys