Missing Soldier's Office During the Civil War, Clara Barton operated the Missing Soldiers Office near Gallery Place. (Source: Wikipedia ) Gallery Place-Chinatown As indicated by the name, this part down of downtown D.C. tends to be classified by the …
Carnegie Library Carnegie Library. (Source: Library of Congress ) Mt. Vernon Square 7th St-Convention Center In an attempt to help those poor tourists who get off here hoping to find George Washington’s home, we’re naming this station after a building …
Hell's Bottom Shaw-Howard U If “Murder Bay” and “Dead Man’s Hollow” weren’t indication enough, there were some areas in 19th century D.C. where even the most adventurous Washingtonians would not dare to go. Another one of these areas was Hell’s Bottom. …
Black Broadway Lincoln Theater. (Source: Library of Congress ) U St./African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo The current name of this station, the longest of any Metro stop, looks like what would happen if you gave someone ten seconds to write down as …
Nob Hill Today Nob Hill is the home of the Wonderland Ballroom bar. (Credit: Jacob Kaplan) Columbia Heights Columbia Heights is a particularly history-rich neighborhood with several noteworthy sites. There is one in particular, though, which stands out. …
When you think of protests in Washington, D.C., what comes to mind? Demonstrators in front of the White House? A rally on Capitol Hill? A march down Constitution Avenue? Well, on March 17, 2003 a North Carolina tobacco farmer took a very different tactic.
Lincoln's Cottage Lincoln's Cottage. (Source: Library of Congress ) Georgia Ave-Petworth These days, most people get off at Georgia Ave in search of something new: a restaurant, a store, a desire to find out what “Petworth” is, but none of these say much …
Fort Slocum Gen. Martin D. Hardin and staff at Fort Slocum in 1865. (Source: Library of Congress ) Fort Totten Fort Totten is probably the most historical name on the current Red Line, but with this new map, we gotta step it up. Fort Slocum is, in our …
Queen's Grocery West Hyattsville A bit of Metro history: this stop was originally supposed to be called “Chillum,” but with a homerun like “West Hyattsville,” why would you think to name it anything else? Well, we might have a better option. One landmark …
Muppet High Prince George's Plaza We figure WMATA must really like Auntie Anne’s pretzels or something, because why else would they have five separate stations share their name with a shopping mall? Either way, if you do wind up at Prince George’s Plaza, …
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