The African American Civil War Memorial, along with the African American Civil War Museum across the street, memorializes nearly 220,000…
The LBJ Memorial is on the Virginia bank of the Potomac with views of Washington DC's monuments across the river.…
A series of tiny planet photos of Washington DC's monuments and landmarks. These start as 360-degree spherical panoramas and ramp…
When we get a solid snowfall, Washington DC's monuments and landmarks become a winter wonderland.
The Netherlands Carillon stands next to the Iwo Jima Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery and offers one of the best…
Commemorating Revolution War naval hero Commodore Jones Paul Jones, the memorial sits on the Tidal Basin in Washington DC, not…
Sitting on the banks of the Tidal Basin amongst the famous Japanese cherry blossoms, the Japanese Lantern dates back to…
The 17th century Japanese Pagoda is nestled amongst the famous cherry blossoms on the banks of the Tidal Basin in…
The Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial, featuring a large, evocative aluminum sculpture of a cresting wave and seagulls in flight, sits on…
At the heart of the Iwo Jima Memorial (or the Marine Corps War Memorial) is a massive bronze statue based…
The Simon Bolivar Statue in Foggy Bottom in Washington DC is dedicated to the Latin American revolutionary.
The Cuban Friendship Urn is not the most impressive landmark you'll find in Washington DC, but it does have an…
Mr Republican has his own Carillon. Senator Robert Taft had a long political career and had connections--he was a former…
It's entirely appropriate that the memorial dedicated to Teddy Roosevelt is a little unkempt. America's 26th president was famously a…
The First Division Monument, standing in President's Park next to the White House and in front of the Eisenhower Executive…
The monument to Civil War General William T. Sherman is elaborate and prominently placed, in President's Park (the Ellipse), right…
The John Ericsson Memorial is tucked away down on the bank of the Potomac, not far from the Lincoln Memorial.…
The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, in tribute to the celebrated Civil Rights leader, is now open on the…
Sitting across the street from the US Capitol Building, the Supreme Court houses the judicial branch of the United States…
The National Arboretum makes for a pleasant park, but its official mission is education and research. With 446 acres and…
It's not just any old train station that can be the venue for a black-tie presidential inaugural ball. But the…
The U.S. Capitol Building is one of Washington DC's most distinctive buildings. In fact, you'd be surprised how many tourists…
For what is really just a big, stone tower you'd expect the Washington Monument to be a boring thing to…
As both the home and office of the President of the United States, the White House is probably the most…
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool does what it does best very well indeed, providing some great photographic opportunities for capturing…
Arlington Memorial Bridge runs across the Potomac from the Lincoln Memorial to Arlington National Cemetery, one of six bridges connecting…
The FDR Memorial, on the western bank of the Tidal Basin, is dedicated to the 32nd president but also features…
With the notable exception of the Pentagon Memorial on its southwest corner, the entire Pentagon reservation is strictly a no-photography…
Tucked away between the Jefferson Memorial and the 14th Street Bridge, the George Mason Memorial commemorates one of the lesser…
The World War I Memorial near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool isn't well known or much visited. It has been…
The Korean War Veterans Memorial, unveiled in 1992, consists of several elements designed by different people and groups. It has…
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial memorializes Americans who served and died in the…
The Pentagon Memorial commemorates the 184 victims of the September 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon.
The United States Air Force Memorial, in a small, raised space between Arlington National Cemetery and the Pentagon, was opened…
The National World War II Memorial sits at the opposite end of the Reflecting Pool from the Lincoln Memorial and…
Arlington National Cemetery is probably the most famous cemetery in the United States. Directly across the Potomac from the Lincoln…
Sitting on an island on the southern axis of the National Mall, the Jefferson Memorial is dedicated to one of…
The Lincoln Memorial is one of the grandest and most distinctive of Washington's monuments. Anchoring the western end of the…