The iconic Washington Monument is celebrating its birthday today. Learn how it took 40 years to complete the project, and the surprising connections it has to the Pope, Abraham Lincoln, and the ...

Built in two phases in 1848 and 1884 and subsequently dedicated in 1885, the Washington Monument — a marble-faced granite obelisk that honors the first U.S. president, George Washington — opened to ...

The Washington Monument is one of the most recognizable buildings in the world. It was quite difficult to complete. According to the National Archives, the Continental Congress proposed erecting a ...

A bolt of lightning struck the tip of the Washington Monument on Sunday night, taking out the obelisk’s elevator system and forcing a temporary closure. A spokesperson for the National Park Service, ...

The Washington Monument is reopening Thursday, after three years of renovations to modernize its elevator and construct a new security screening facility. The monument was built to honor George ...

A Washington, D.C. news channel captured astonishing footage of lightning repeatedly striking the Washington Monument on Thursday night. How can this happen without wrecking the monument? How often ...