From overlooked roadside attractions to offbeat museums and obscure natural wonders, Local Hidden Gems will showcase some of the unique and unexpected treasures that make America extraordinary. We ...

What do alcohol, titans of industry and a little-known admiral have in common? In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax heads to Dupont Circle to learn the obscure backstory behind ...

Big day coming up in Petworth: The spray park at the Petworth Rec Center is about to open. Howard Marshall, director of the facility, tells me that the fountains are being worked on and will be turned ...

WASHINGTON -- D.C. residents walking through DuPont Circle on Monday morning were greeted with an unusual sight: The water of the Dupont Circle Fountain, a fixture of the neighborhood, was red. One ...

Members of a Northwest D.C. community are reviving an effort to remove from a fountain the name of a village founder who supported segregation. The Chevy Chase Circle Fountain has the name of Francis ...

The Temperance Fountain, at Seventh Street NW and Indiana Avenue, just off Pennsylvania Avenue, was a gift to D.C. from teetotaling San Francisco dentist Henry D. Cogswell. (John Kelly/The Washington ...