This Sunday is the 40th anniversary of the event that kicked off a U.S. political scandal that has yet to be topped—on June 17, 1972, five men were caught breaking into the Democratic National Convention’s offices in the Watergate complex, a seeming third-rate burglary that eventually succeeded into forcing the resignation of President Richard Nixon some two years later.

The Watergate Complex: Despite being a relic of a time long past, the Watergate complex still stands. Built over the course of eight years and opened in early 1971—even after its height was scaled back at the request of federal officials, including the White House—the Watergate was the height of luxury living, designed by an Italian firm to be a city within a city. It’s unclear what type of a city is left there, but the various buildings in the complex have been purchased over the years (most recently last November) and will slowly be refurbished.

The Rosslyn Parking Lot: When Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward and the FBI’s second-in-command Mark Felt—the infamous and long-unknown “Deep Throat”—had to find a secluded place to talk, they hid away in a non-descript parking lot along North Nash Street in Rosslyn. (Spot 32D, to be exact.) That parking lot remained anonymous to many until last year, when Arlington placed a plaque outside of it commemorating the role it played in breaking open the scandal.

The Webster House: While Woodward now lives in a tony townhouse in Georgetown, at the time of the Watergate scandal he was spending his nights in a one-bedroom apartment—unit 617—in the Webster House (1718 P Street NW) in Dupont Circle. It was from the balcony of his unit—which was on the market last year—that Woodward would signal to Felt that he needed to meet.

The Washington Post’s Offices: Woodward and fellow reporter Carl Bernstein were employees of The Post, working out of the newspaper’s existing headquarters on 15th Street NW.