The National Park Service says more than 800,000 people visit the Washington Monument annually. The First of Several Memorials on the National Park After heavy flooding along the Potomac River in ...

The Washington Monument L’Enfant’s initial framework ... into something more than an unseemly swamp on the banks of the Potomac. Fueled by the City Beautiful movement, a large-scale ...

The National Cherry Blossom Festival is one of Washington’s most popular tourist attractions, drawing more than 1.5 million ...

The festival, which is one of the largest celebrations of the iconic cherry blossom trees in the United States, is just over a week away.

The District of Columbia, located on the north bank of the Potomac River ... as are many of the nation's monuments and museums. Washington, D.C. hosts 176 foreign embassies as well as the ...