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 ...

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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 ...

The Washington Monument is the central orientation point for the capital city. In the L'Enfant Plan, the planned location for a memorial to George Washington at the intersection the great cross axis ...

the Washington Monument was the tallest structure in the world at its completion in 1884. Nowadays, you can ride one of the monument's glass-encased elevators to the top observation deck to enjoy ...

Lightning struck the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol Tuesday night as the storms rolled through the District. Safety advocate and former reporter Dave Statter captured the lighting strike.

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 ...