Quiet, residential Forest Hills is home to embassies and grand family homes. The Hillwood Estate is a Georgian-style mansion with decorative art from 1700s France and imperial Russia, surrounded by formal gardens. Soapstone Valley Park has a wooded hiking trail, and the 1829 Peirce Mill sits in adjoining Rock Creek Park. Italian and Asian eateries cluster on Connecticut Avenue near UDC’s Van Ness campus.