A corner of brightly painted, turreted Victorian rowhouses on a sunny Washington, D.C. street, with pedestrians crossing in the foreground.

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Turreted rowhouses along 18th Street NW at Kalorama Road in Adams Morgan at dusk, Washington, D.C.
Northwest DCAdams Morgan & Mount Pleasant18th Street nights, Meridian Hill Sundays, and Mount Pleasant's main streetRead the guide →
The LeDroit Park 1873 entrance arch at 6th and T Streets NW framed by blooming cherry trees, Washington, D.C.
Northwest DCBloomingdale & LeDroit ParkBayfront Victorians, corner cafés, and a park hidden inside the blockRead the guide →
Aerial view of the Bridge District on the east bank of the Anacostia River, with the arches of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge and the U.S. Capitol dome on the skyline beyond, Washington, D.C.
Southeast DCBridge DistrictNew townhomes at the Metro and the riverfront rebuild around themRead the guide →
The BROOKLAND wordmark painted across the brick facade of the Brookland Arts Walk building above the Brookland–CUA Metro station, Washington, D.C.
Northeast DCBrooklandDetached houses with yards in DC's college town, under the Basilica's domeRead the guide →
Row houses on a tree-lined Capitol Hill street in autumn, Washington, DC
Southeast DCCapitol HillEastern Market, Barracks Row, and brick sidewalks under street treesRead the guide →
The Avalon Theatre marquee and storefronts on Connecticut Avenue NW in Chevy Chase DC, Washington, D.C.
Northwest DCChevy Chase DC & Upper NWLeafy detached colonials near Politics & Prose, the Avalon, and Rock CreekRead the guide →
The art-deco facade and marquee of the Uptown Theater on Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
Northwest DCCleveland Park & Woodley ParkThe Uptown, the Zoo, and Connecticut Avenue's great apartment housesRead the guide →
The Tivoli Theater at 14th and Monroe Streets NW in the Columbia Heights neighborhood, Washington, D.C.
Northwest DCColumbia HeightsThe Tivoli, the 11th Street row, and city living at the center of everythingRead the guide →
A tree-lined residential street in Congress Heights, Washington, D.C., with a Victorian frame house, sunflowers in the front garden, and brick rowhouses alongside.
Southeast DCCongress HeightsDetached houses and rowhouses beside the arena, Sycamore & Oak, and Oxon RunRead the guide →
Detached frame houses with gabled roofs, porches and a picket fence on a corner in Deanwood, Washington, D.C.
Northeast DCDeanwoodGarden-lot houses near Marvin Gaye Park, with two Orange Line stopsRead the guide →
The marble fountain at the center of Dupont Circle with people gathered around it, Washington, D.C.
Northwest DCDupont Circle & KaloramaThe fountain, Embassy Row, and the Phillips — the address everyone picturesRead the guide →
The pirate ship playground at the Fairlawn picnic area in Anacostia Park, Washington, D.C., under an autumn sky.
Southeast DCFairlawnModest rowhouses with Anacostia Park as the front yardRead the guide →
Brightly painted historic rowhouses reflected in the C&O Canal in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Northwest DCGeorgetownCobblestones, the canal, and M Street — the oldest streets in the cityRead the guide →
Brick Victorian row houses with a columned portico and crape myrtle in bloom on East Capitol Street, Washington, D.C.
Southeast DCHill EastCapitol Hill rowhouse stock, mostly outside the historic districtRead the guide →
A brick Tudor house and winter trees at the corner of 34th and Camden Streets SE in Hillcrest, Washington, D.C.
Southeast DCHillcrest & Fort DupontBrick colonials on hilltop lots beside a 376-acre park — DC's best-kept valueRead the guide →
Cedar Hill, the Frederick Douglass House, a white nineteenth-century home with a columned porch, in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Southeast DCHistoric AnacostiaNineteenth-century frame houses inside a designated historic districtRead the guide →
Historic Victorian mansion on Logan Circle, Washington, DC
Northwest DCLogan CircleVictorians and boutique condos along the 14th Street corridorRead the guide →
Aerial view of Nationals Park and the surrounding Navy Yard neighborhood, Washington, DC
Southeast DCNavy YardBallpark summers and a boardwalk backyard on the riverfrontRead the guide →
NoMa at sunset — glass and brick towers, construction cranes across the skyline, and the rail yard running past Union Station, Washington, D.C.
Northeast DCNoMaNew high-rises around Union Market and the Met Branch TrailRead the guide →
A row of Petworth rowhouses in Washington, D.C. — grey, mint green, navy and pale grey fronts with columned porches, iron fences and front gardens in early spring.
Northwest DCPetworthPorch-front rowhouses around two grand circles, with Upshur Street's homegrown rowRead the guide →
The 1911 Tudor Revival brick facade of Randle Highlands School, its name carved in stone above the arched entrance, Washington, D.C.
Southeast DCRandle HighlandsHilltop foursquares and bungalows from the streetcar-suburb eraRead the guide →
The restored facade of the Howard Theatre at 620 T Street NW in Shaw, Washington, D.C., with the U.S. and DC flags flying above the marquee.
Northwest DCShaw & U StreetBen's, Blagden Alley, and Black Broadway — DC's center of gravity againRead the guide →
A campus street on St. Elizabeths East, Washington, D.C. — red-brick hospital buildings with tile roofs along new sidewalks, street lamps and young trees, the arena at right.
Southeast DCSt. Elizabeths EastNew for-sale townhomes rising on the campus at Congress Heights MetroRead the guide →
The Wharf at dusk — the Anthem's marquee, a water taxi, and crowds along the piers on the Washington Channel, Washington, D.C.
Southwest DCSW Waterfront & The WharfA mile of piers, the country's oldest fish market, and life on the ChannelRead the guide →
Victorian houses with gingerbread porches in the Takoma neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Northwest DCTakoma & Shepherd ParkGingerbread Victorians, Cedar Street, and the Parks at Walter ReedRead the guide →
A row of turreted Trinidad rowhouses in Washington, D.C. — red, grey and yellow brick fronts with slate witch-hat turrets against a winter sky.
Northeast DCTrinidad & H StreetTurreted rowhouses between H Street's nights and the Arboretum's 446 acresRead the guide →

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