How cool are these? We stumbled across them on Metro’s Facebook page.
Take a look at the rest of the photos here.
Well, one of the estates which made up the original city of Washington was called Rome. Have you heard about Rome, Washington? Probably not, so
The Cairo is one of the gems of D.C. and is an amazing building to see if you haven’t had the chance to visit it.
Meridian Hill was once graced with the presence of a magnificent castle. Yes, a castle. Boundary Castle, also known as Henderson Castle and sometimes Prospect
Does this building still stand? I can see the “435” on the transom, but I’m not quite sure where this is. Let’s see if the
Check out this great old advertisement that we dug up in The Washington Times from September 7th, 1919. Source: Library of Congress
I’m not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but the extension proposed by Harry Truman was never built. He was
We haven’t done anything for McLean lately, so we’d like to shine a little light on the namesake of John Roll McLean, the former owner
What a beautiful drawing from the 1920s. This was done by Susan Brown Chase. Source: Library of Congress
The “Three Things…” post about Cannon was pretty popular, so we’re going to continue our Hill-oriented posts with another one on the Longworth House Office
Our favorite officer and the patron saint of Ghosts of DC, Officer Sprinkle, took a trip up to New York City with a group of
Here is a cool series of photographs from the 1850s, when the Department of Treasury’s building on 15th St. was under construction. Source: Library of
This is a terrific old photo of Hyattsville Hardware taken in June of 1940. The building still stands at 5123 Baltimore Ave. Source: Library of
