And the Washington monuments aren't alone. The National Park Service is furloughing 21,379 of its 24,645 employees and closing all 401 national parks, museums, battlefields, and other tourist ...

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 ...

Several of the city's best guided tours also feature stops at the Washington Monument and the White House, including the best bus tours. DC Monuments Night Tour with Smaller Glass-Top Vehicle ...

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 ...

Washington DC attracts millions of visitors every year, but behind the iconic monuments and must-see museums, there’s a ...

In 2011, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Washington, D.C. area. It created more than 150 cracks in the monument. Now, those have been repaired, and Mike Litterst with the National Park Service says ...