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This is one of the more bizarre maps that we've uncovered. It certainly demonstrates how different the times were with such a...

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.

Why doesn't 395 cut through Washington, DC? This is the history of highways in DC.

Here is a series of amazing photos that we came across on Flickr showing the 1968 riots in D.C. We've posted some...

This is a story that is most likely unknown to the great majority of GoDCers. Long-time DC residents may remember the controversy...

Do you recognize this part of Arlington? You're looking down down N Courthouse Rd. From the cars in the photo, I'm guessing that this...

Working under commissioners that President Washington had appointed in 1790 in accordance with the Residence Act, Major Andrew Ellicott led a team that placed these markers in 1791 and 1792.

The area formerly known as Peach Grove eventually came to be known as Tysons Crossroads and then Tysons Corner after William Tyson.

This photograph was taken in April 1865, which would have been right around the time of President Lincoln's assassination. You can see...

Washington, D.C., circa 1934. "Washington Monument. Capstone without lightning rods." 8x10 nitrate negative by Theodor Horydczak.

Ulysses Grant was arrested for directing by William West, an African-American metropolitan policeman. This is a great historical story.

Learn about Glebe Road. It dates back to the 1700s and initially was known as the "Road to the Falls" taking travelers from Alexandria to Great Falls.

Everyone is House of Cards crazy, and so are we. That's why we wrote this post on Super Liquors, shown in the opening credits....

How cool is this? If you live in Brookland, you're going to love it. Click on it for a larger version and...

When did DC raise the drinking age to 21?

The airport was dedicated by President Kennedy and former President Eisenhower, a $110 million federal project, largely driven during the latter's administration.

Francis Scott Key Bridge This is something that would bring everything to halt on Key Bridge, and probably...

Wow, what else can I say about this one. Thanks to the abundance of random stuff on Reddit, I stumbled across this the other...

Murphy and Ames was a lumber and building materials company founded in 1908 by Nathaniel S. Ames and Thomas B. Murphy....

Here's our next photo for "Pictures Tell a Story." It's a great old shot from 1918 of World War I soldiers motoring...

We wrote some posts about The Beatles a long time ago, like this one about their first concert and this one about...