Ghosts of DC The lost and untold history of Washington

This is an old image of the Mayflower Hotel on Connecticut Ave., some time in the mid to late 1920s. Read More »

This absolutely horrifying. Some of you may not know this, but in 1928 (and a number of other times in the 1920s), the Ku Klux Klan was permitted to parade down Pennsylvania Ave. Hard to believe, I know. Read More »

Here’s a great photo from November 1942. It’s from the Chevy Chase Ice Palace. Read More »

Amusing and true, this is an article we came across in the New York Amsterdam News, published on June 18th, 1938. WASHINGTON, June 15 — Residents surrounding Meridian Hill Park, where once stood old Wayland Seminary, telephoned police that a colored man in the nude was roaming through the park. When members of the park police unit arrived, although a ... Read More »

Ghost Dog took last week off, but she’s back this today with three stories about Sheridan Circle. The circle is a quiet one at the intersection of Mass. Ave, 23rd St. and R St. NW. In 1888, the District Commissioners decided to name the circle after Civil War General Philip H. Sheridan 1. Bomb blast kills ex-ambassador and aide Political ... Read More »