At the western end of the National Mall, the Washington Monument towers over our country’s capital. The 555-foot obelisk—a four-sided stone pillar with a pyramid-shaped top—was built to ...

Stretching from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol Building, the National Mall is a tree- and museum-lined grassy expanse that becomes the focal point of many tourists' DC sightseeing.

In order to tour the Washington Monument, you need to get tickets. This past MEA break, we got to Washington DC and my son ...

Some of the most iconic memorials that grace Washington ... the National Mall, consequently stalling the construction of the Lincoln Memorial. The proposed location for the monument didn ...