Ghosts of DC The lost and untold history of Washington

Washington Heights (Adams Morgan) and Kalorama were both very undeveloped back when this map was made. It shows the area just north of Boundary Street (Florida Avenue) as it looked in 1903. Read More »

You may not know this, but the First Miss America was a born and raised Washingtonian. The beauty pageant might be seen as completely irrelevant and anachronistic today, but there was a time when it was a really big deal. And, our own Margaret Gorman held the inaugural title of Miss America. Margaret was the young, 16-year-old daughter of Michael ... Read More »

This is a great old map of the area surrounding Brookland in 1903. Read More »