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 ...

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 ...

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.

"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 ...

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It’s possible that removing Confederate monuments will result in our eventually dynamiting the Washington Monument and the Jefferson Memorial. But if so, we will have slid down the second kind ...

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 ...

Explore the best things to do in Washington ... District's many monuments, the larger-than-life Honest Abe is also among travelers' favorites. History buffs might enjoy reading Lincoln's two ...

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 ...

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 ...