For years, people have only been able to gaze at the recognizable Washington Monument in the nation’s capital; repairs and ...

What I didn’t realize was how cool it would be to walk inside. In order to tour ... There are 896 steps climbing to the top ...

At the western end of the National Mall, the Washington Monument towers over ... when the public was first allowed inside, guests had to climb nearly 900 steps to the top. Today, the 500,000 ...

Crews have begun work to remove the large yellow “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street one block from the White House. D ...

It wasn’t until 1833 that a group of citizens including Eliza Hamilton, Dolley Madison, Louisa Adams and others formed the Washington National Monument Society. By 1836, the group had elected a ...

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 ...