"When the monument was completed in 1884, it was the world's largest building ... The monument envisioned in L'Enfant's 1791 plan for Washington was to have had a sort of Greek temple at the ...

The Washington Monument is one of the most iconic landmarks ... Memorial stones were donated from states and countries.

Standing just shy of 555.5 feet, the Washington Monument was the tallest structure in the world at its completion in 1884. Nowadays, you can ride one of the monument's glass-encased elevators to ...