View of Georgetown, D.C. in the 1850s

This is a guest post by GoDCer from Poolesville, Jack (the guy that tipped us off to some great stories, like the decapitated convict). On

What a great old shot of the Cuban Embassy at 2630 16th St. NW. Source: Library of Congress

Hopefully we are earning a GoDCer for life in Ayanna by posting all of these Hillcrest-related advertisements. If you know the person that lives here,

With the ridiculous rise in cost of living here in DC, maybe we should go back to the time of boarding houses. We came across

This very rare photo of the Capitol Dome under construction shows it as it looked during the early days of the Civil War. Source: Library

Our last embassy version of “If Walls Could Talk” was quite popular, so here’s another one from the same part of town, Sheridan Circle. California’s

By 1854 the Washington Monument was about a third complete when the Washington National Monument Society ran out of funds and had to halt construction.

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

This is pretty amusing and a nice short video to share on a Sunday. This is the opening of Ronald Reagan’s first State of the

What are the lions in the House of Cards credits? They're sitting at the Ulysses Grant Memorial by the Capitol Reflecting Pool.

Below is a fascinating old broadside that we came across in the Library of Congress archives. Here is the description … A broadside condemning the

If you live in the D.C. metropolitan area, and you pay bills, chances are, you’re paying Washington Gas (formerly known as Washington Gas Light Company).