Paul Goldberger, professor of design and architecture at the New School in New York, calls the Washington Monument, in our nation's capital, "the tallest, the simplest, the most straightforward ...

The claim: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser proposed removing the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial ... Sign up here Though D'Souza removed the post, the image he shared was reposted by several ...

Ads for Bethesda's Fallout 3 (PC, 360, PS3) appearing in the DC Metro definitely hit close to home with images of post-apocalyptic versions of the Washington Monument and the Capitol Dome--too ...

Few structures represent the United States as powerfully as the Washington Monument. At the center of Washington, D.C., the impressive marble obelisk (555 feet tall and 55 feet wide) pays grand ...

The Washington Monument was temporarily closed after a man vandalized the national landmark on Tuesday evening with profanities written in red paint, according to U.S. Park Police. The unnamed ...

When a 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia shook states from the mid-Atlantic into New England on Aug. 23, one of the places not to be was near the top of the Washington Monument.

Even if you're only in town for a short trip, visiting the Washington ... can ride one of the monument's glass-encased elevators to the top observation deck to enjoy 360-degree views of the ...

Joseph Gruber / EyeEm via Getty Images A huge lightning bolt electrified the Washington Monument last Sunday around 12:30 a.m., the National Park Service (NPS) announced on Twitter. Nobody was ...