A view of the U.S. Capitol from the top of the Washington Monument at dawn on the Inauguration Day of Donald Trump’s second presidential term in Washington, D.C. Brendan McDermid/Pool/Reuters ...

The Washington Monument L’Enfant’s initial framework for Washington was largely ignored for decades, as the district remained in an undeveloped state of chaos at the end of the 19th century.

A multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after a small American Airlines aircraft collided ...

An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington Monument is due to zip past our planet today. For comparison, the Washington Monument is about 555 feet tall, the Golden Gate Bridge is ...

It wasn’t until the early 1830s that serious planning commenced for the Washington Monument, Washington’s first major memorial, which owed its origins to L’Enfant’s drawings. After the ...