Donna Evers

Many large-landed properties of our nation’s capital became museums or embassies. A few have survived as private residences– here’s the best of them.

Inspired by its favorite renaissance man, Virginia has become the nation’s fifth largest wine-producing state with over 190 wineries and vineyards

Grand mansions built for Gilded Age plutocrats are the nucleus of the capital’s embassy district.

A monument to a forgotten war’s soldiers awaits restoration on the National Mall.

Spectral tales to ponder on a chilly October night.

Washington’s famed Willard Hotel has been a political gathering place for nearly 200 years.

A trio of grandes dames ran Washington society for decades and left the city with three irreplaceable gifts.

The early mansion-ization of Dupont Ciricle… and how one “palace builder” avoided a gypsy’s curse.