Oh, You Nationals! Keep It Up, Boys!

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.

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

This is a really interesting look at a neighborhood, where today, the total value of the properties hovers probably somewhere near $200 million. This map

The final regular season game of the 2012 regular season was a little bittersweet. Sure, Teddy finally won a president’s race (with some timely assistance

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

These 1870s photos are incredible, showing the District just following the Civil War. Click on them for more details.

This is the beer you’ll see dominating bars like Solly’s, Red Palace or Wonderland. So this short “Old Ads and Classifieds” post is for them.

Here is a great old photograph of the 1908 Washington Senators. They were 67-85 that year 22.5 games behind the Detroit Tigers for the pennant.

For this edition of “Why Is It Named…?” we will head out to the Maryland suburbs of Gaithersburg. Do you know the town’s origin? We

This photo shows the Washington Senators team during spring training of 1920. They came in sixth place out of eight that year, finishing 68-84. A

The West Wing of the White House caught fire on Christmas Day in 1929. These are the photos of the aftermath.

I came across a very sad article in the Washington Post the other day. This is from September 2nd, 1906 and given that a large