Unbuilt Ulysses Grant Bridge Today
This most incredible image shows what the Ulysses Grant Memorial Bridge would have liked like today. It would have been where the current Arlington Memorial Bridge is today.
Managasset: Lost Kalorama Mansion
These are some amazing old images we dug up showing a far more bucolic Kalorama.
Managasset from Kalorama...
1967 Map of Unbuilt D.C. Highways
Why doesn't 395 cut through Washington, DC? This is the history of highways in DC.
Reno Road Almost Renamed Washington Avenue
A little-known story about upper northwest is that Reno Road, which cuts right through the heart of North Cleveland Park to Chevy Chase, was...
Proposed D.C. Subway During World War II
Between 1930 and 1950, the population of Washington expanded incredibly. The crush of people needed a way to get to work, and though a...
Stunning Old Raleigh Hotel, Lost Forever
You're going to love this amazing photo of a long-lost building in our city. You're looking at the old Raleigh Hotel, formerly located at...
Map of Proposed Vermont Ave. Extension From Florida to Georgia
Check this out. Here's a map of something that didn't happen. Howard University proposed extending Vermont Ave. from Florida Ave. to Georgia Ave. back...
1877 Drawing of Proposed Capitol Modifications
Fascinating drawing of the U.S. Capitol from the 1870s showing proposed modifications to the building. This is the west elevation of the...
Proposed Southside Freeway in Arlington
Here's an interesting proposal for the Southside Freeway in Arlington, which never came to be. This graphic is from The Washington Post printed on October...
The Horror of an Alexandria Slave Pen
The sad truth is that slave pens existed in and around all of Washington. This photo shows one of those in Alexandria...
Never Built Hamilton Circle at Massachusetts and Idaho
Wait, Hamilton Circle? Do you know where that is? Probably not, because it was never completed.
The neighborhood surrounding the circle was once dubbed Fairview...
What Did U Street Look Like in the 1940s?
Check out this photo showing the old Republic Theatre at 13th and U St. back then. The theater opened up back on May 30th,...
Dietz’s German Beer Hall on 7th Street
Long gone are the days of the German beer hall in D.C., though some would argue that Brickskeller (ahem, Bier Baron) remains as one...
Photo of the State Department During the Civil War
We posted a great old photo of the old State Department Building earlier. Here's another, similar angle photo of the building, but much clearer....
Oldest Photo of State Department
This is the oldest known photo of the U.S. Department of State. The photo is from 1857 and shows the old State Department building,...
Lost History: Warwick’s Saloon at 13th and Pennsylvania
Let's do a little lost history again and dig into the old saloon history of our city. We found a great photo of an...
Washington Almost Gave Georgetown Back to Maryland in 1839
Now here is an interesting article that we dug up in the old archives. We found an article in The Baltimore Sun, from January 28th,...
Save This Historic D.C. Home
I came across the following Facebook post on Friday and was horrified to see the following post about the beautiful home at 3400 Massachusetts Ave....
What Were the Godey Lime Kilns?
Have you driven up Rock Creek Parkway (when did it become one-way?) from the Watergate (check out this amazing aerial photo) and wondered what...
House Bill Proposes Renaming D.C. to Reaganstown in 2005
Believe me, this came as a shock to us as well when we came across an article in the Washington Post about renaming the...
The Little Green House on K Street
This is a guest post by Angela Harrison Eng
At a first glance, there is nothing monumental about 1625...
