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This is what stood on the corner of 16th and H St. before the iconic Hay-Adams Hotel. this was the home of former Secretary...

Here is a really cool old photo of the Government Printing Office off of North Capitol St. Source: Dig DC Don't miss this great story that...

Digging through the old newspaper archives, we uncovered a the following headline: "Found Wife Murdered; And Many Lay Dead Beside Her In Husband's Home; Believes...

Much to our surprise, when doing some research on Metro and subway history in our city, we came across and article printed in The Washington...

Source: Library of Congress Chances are that most of you aren't familiar with the old Gordon Hotel (or just The Gordon). It has been long...

Source: Greater Greater Washington Today, Truxton Circle is a phantom circle. It used to sit at the intersection of North Capitol St., Florida Ave., and...

We wanted to dig up a few stories on Buzzard Point since it's recently been in the news as the potential site for our...

It's time to expand the GoDC reach and branch out into a second city. Our natural choice was Charm City, just 40 miles north...

Here's a great old real estate advertisement, printed in the Washington Times on April 15th, 1922. We posted a similar ad earlier this year. Source:...

I'm pissed that someone threw paint on the Lincoln Memorial. It is the most epic form of disrespect in recent memory. Why the hell...

Obviously, our national library is not at Judiciary Square, but before we committed to building the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill, there were...

This guest post was written by Canden Schwantes and is an excerpt from her book Wicked Georgetown: Scoundrels, Sinners and Spies. William Orton Williams and...

Do you know why it's named Andrews Air Force Base? Who was Andrews? If you know, before reading this, you are an all-star GoDCer. The...

This is absolutely horrifying. Some of you may not know this, but in 1928 (and a number of other times in the 1920s), the Ku...