1930s Aerial View West of the National Mall

A curious Ghosts of D.C. reader posted on Facebook that she wanted to know why Syracuse has a house in Woodley Park. I too am

I was poking around the archives of both The Washington Post and The Washington Times to come across a gem of a story to share and

Here’s a fascinating old photo from President Ford’s Administration. It was taken on August 10th, 1974. That’s important because Nixon resigned the previous day (remember,

This is a series of photos that we found at the Smithsonian. It shows the Dunbar Hotel, a building that used to sit on the

Amazing find on the Library of Congress website. This is a map of Alexandria done by George Washington somewhere around 1749.

Takoma Park (and Takoma) is a lovely and friendly neighborhood on the northeast District line with Maryland. It dates back to the late 19th century,

We haven’t always had daylight savings … back in 1918, there was debate on Capitol Hill about time zones and daylight savings. Interestingly enough, we

Here is an ad from The Evening Star printed on Saturday, September 14th, 1912 (seven weeks later Woodrow Wilson was elected president — and he

Here is an interesting article about President Teddy Roosevelt attending church, and then verbally berating a child for trying to take his photograph. Roosevelt was

I came across an article in the Washington Times about three giants of the Washington police force … and I mean real “giants,” as in

This is both amazing and bizarre. Teenage girls with ukuleles, frozen in time. Random enough for you?

What an amazing photograph. It’s a little grainy, but you can make out some of the buildings, including the patent office.