Notable People & Places

Do you recognize the Treasury Building? This photo shows it back in 1860, before the Civil War. Source: Library of Congress

is this one of the most impressive photos of the Lincoln Memorial? Source: Library of Congress 

These cool old photos shows the city back in 1922, as seen from the air. Source: Boston Public Library Source: Boston Public Library

This wonderful old photo of Pennsylvania Avenue in 1957 shows President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth in an old Lincoln Cosmopolitan. Source: Flickr user Dave Gelinas And...

This beautiful photo of the north side of the White House was taken in 1950. Click on it for more. Source: Martin Archer on Flickr Here's...

This incredible old photo of the Capitol Building shows it just after the new dome was completed in 1863. Source: Library of Congress

Amazing old photograph of the Smithsonian Castle back in 1867, a couple years after the Civil War. Source: Smithsonian

This photo of the Capitol Building from the 1960s is something you'll never see again. The Capitol Dome under construction and a lot of...

This very rare photo of the Capitol Dome under construction shows it as it looked during the early days of the Civil War. Source: Library...

Check out this great photo from 1908. The Jefferson Memorial wasn't completed until 1943, so this is what the area looked like for another...

Here's a cool old photo showing President Herbert Hoover with a large group of boys and girls at the White House. Source: Shorpy

This is a fascinating old photo from October 6th, 1965 at Arlington National Cemetery. The construction site shows what would eventually become JFK's gravesite,...

These are so cool. We found them on Twitter by one of our favorite tweeters, @MLBcathedrals. These photos are from 1956 during the Major...

No way. How did we miss this. A great article by Tom Boswell (who is the best) uncovers the fact that our current Washington...