The Washington Monument opens daily at 9 a.m. Visitors can obtain timed tickets to take a 70-second elevator ride to the observation floor 500 feet above the ground for a spectacular view of the ...

I am among the many journalists, tour guides and travel book authors guilty of describing the Washington Monument as “the world’s tallest free-standing masonry structure.” At 555 feet 5 ...

For the first time in three years, you can go to the top of the Washington Monument and see panoramic ... The stunning view included the National Mall, White House, Capitol Building, Potomac ...

When a 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia shook states from the mid-Atlantic into New England on Aug. 23, one of the places not to be was near the top of the Washington Monument.