2401 Foxhall Rd NW
This private house-museum is a gem not even known to all locals. It is home to an impressive collection of paintings by the impressionist and early modern masters. The house was designed by modernist architects Philip Johnson andRichard Foster and remains its own piece of art.
4155 Linnean Avenue NW
Merriweather Post Hillwood, prominent businesswoman and heiress to the Post Cereal fortune, fashioned her estate in the hopes of becoming an extraordinarily luxurious site for entertaining guests and housing her impressive art collections. The mansion is a treasure trove of French and Russian decorative arts, much of which she obtained from the USSR when Stalin’s government was auctioning off its cultural heritage to finance war efforts. The French and Japanese-style gardens are also not to be missed.
3001 Wisconsin Ave NW
The world’s sixth largest cathedral was created over a period of 83 years from 150,000 tons of stone. Catch a tour to see the inside, as towers and the crypt are off limits without a guide during the busy season. An organ demonstrations is spectacular, but the cathedral also hosts children’s programming and major concerts.