However, a new, interactive map is helping highlight many of those lesser-known sites. Several years in the making, the project—Black History Sites: Washington, DC—comes from DC’s Office of Planning, ...

Once you’ve hit all the museums and the monuments and memorials that peak your interest, there are still a seemingly endless array of other things for history buffs to do in DC, which is brimming ...

The WorldPride 2025 exhibition called “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington” is located at Freedom Plaza.

Some of the most iconic memorials that grace Washington, D.C., drawing millions of visitors every year, only narrowly survived being scrapped altogether. In 1791, Pierre L’Enfant drew up designs ...

Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. It was the first course ...