New Klingle Road Homes Completed and Sold

There is a mystery smokestack on Capitol Hill. You may have seen it behind St. Peter’s Church at 2nd and C St. SE. Below is

Do you work in the newspaper or media world? You will find this fascinating. These are the ad rates for The National Republican in 1861.

What happened to the Three Sisters Bridge in Washington, DC and why was it never built?

Happy New Year! I hope 2014 is a great year for you and all GoDCers … while you recover from whatever you did last night,

Here is a fascinating article we dug up in the Washington Post from April 8th, 1941. At the time, only Boston, New York and Philadelphia

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the women’s suffrage parade in Washington. Give the historical importance of that, and the fact that today is

Take a look at how different Good Hope Road in Anacostia looked in 1916. And below is the Google Map of the same area, with

There were a couple of requests a short while back to do a post on The Cairo, the most famous residential building in the city.

GoDCers, can you help out? When do you think this image of the Lincoln Memorial was taken? Source: bluebird87

During the administration of President Benjamin Harrison, there was a push to renovate the Executive Mansion, bringing it up to the elegant standards of European

This is a really interesting film that we found at the National Archives. It was made by the Ford Motor Company in 1922. Source: U.S.

This is cool. It’s the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of the area around Thomas Circle in 1888. The yellow buildings are wooden frame structures and