Before Washington, DC became the capital city of the United States, it was a sprawling, 100-square-mile plot of plantations, forests, and hills. The city's urban plan was the brainchild of French ...

Amazing Historical Photos Of Washington D.C. Recreated Today By Kamelia Angelova 2011-07-19T22:08:00Z ...

WASHINGTON — Walk around downtown D.C. and throw a stone and you’re likely to hit a historic landmark. But outside the National Mall’s well-traveled paths and its famous monuments and ...

The exhibit is composed of enlargements of panoramic photos taken in Washington from 1913 to 1996 by the Fred Schutz Studio and Capitol Photo Service. ... The DC History Center is at 801 K St. NW.

Washington DC SEE PHOTOS: Washington, DC cherry blossoms at peak bloom ... ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, March 27, 1912, WASHINGTON, D.C., CHERRY TREES PLANTED, GIFT FROM PEOPLE OF TOKYO.

Mark Segal, center, and Matthew Sanders study a copy of a panorama from 1917 as Cristina Creager steadies a tripod on the roof of the Mendota in Kalorama on Dec. 11. (John Kelly/The Washington ...