Washington, D.C.

The most honored burial ground in the country spans over 600 acres in Arlington, Virginia, just across the Potomac from the Lincoln Memorial. It is the final...more

The second-most-famous building in a city packed with significant monuments, this imposing structure, with its soaring rotunda, is the home of the Senate and...more

The city's first art museum, housed in an extravagant Beaux Arts building across from the White House, contains an encyclopedic assortment of American art,...more

Hillwood was heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post's Washington residence from 1955 until her death in 1973. Today, the 25-acre estate in northwest Washington...more

The only facility dedicated to the study of international espionage, this museum has a permanent collection of artifacts and spy gadgets (such as a pistol...more

Located on the Potomac River next to the Watergate complex, Washington's premiere performing arts venue (dedicated to arts advocate JFK) has nine stages and is...more

Most of Washington, D.C.'s must-see monuments are clustered on the western end of the National Mall, so it's possible to see them all in one day. Construction...more

At one stage of George Washington's life, his enormous estate, 16 miles south of the city that bears his name, was 8,000 acres and composed of five farms....more

The National Archives and Records Administration collects millions of documents, but you're probably familiar with at least two of them already: the...more

On one side, the West Building is a splendid example of neoclassical architecture, complete with a rotunda; on the other, the East Building is a cool, modern,...more