Shortly across town, a uniquely Washingtonian stop is the National Portrait Gallery, which literally shows visitors the faces ...

Peak bloom occurs when 70% of the blossoms of the Yoshino cherry trees, the most common type along the Tidal Basin, are open.

Some of the most iconic memorials that grace Washington, D.C., drawing millions of visitors every year, only narrowly survived being scrapped altogether. In 1791, Pierre L'Enfant drew up designs ...

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the commissioners of DC judged the competition. Jefferson submitted drawings for the White House design himself, but Irish architect James Hoban won the ...

The buffet includes options like the famous ... museums and monuments, highlighting American culture and the city's vibrant neighborhoods, including Georgetown, the U Street Corridor and Columbia ...

Washington DC does monuments very well and its Big Bus hop ... home has small-scale dioramas of the White House’s famous reception rooms, including a recreation of the Oval Office where you ...

The centers of all three branches of the U.S. federal government are located in the city, as are many of the nation's monuments and museums. Washington, D.C. hosts 176 foreign embassies as well as ...

"Putting up barriers around open outdoor monuments was dumb shutdown theater," writes Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit, "and they deserve to have it backfire on them." The Washington Monument ...

Monuments, meanwhile, typically pay homage to figures or events. From the memorials dotting Washington, D.C.'s National Mall to the Communist-era statues in Budapest’s Memento Park, these ...

we've identified the best Washington, D.C., bus tours in the most popular categories. No matter which type of bus tour you choose, you'll visit the famous government buildings, monuments ...