Editor’s Note: This year marks the Bicentennial, 2024-2025, of Lafayette and his farewell tour, “Guest of the Nation”, which took place August 15, 1824-September 7, 1825. To commemorate the occasion, ...
The Austrian-born architect won a national design contest with his vision for a classically inspired plaza on the Mall. Debate over the memorial lasted years.
What Trump’s celebratory agenda lacks is a more emphatically monumental, symbolically compact addition to the nation’s public realm: a triumphal arch in Washington, which is—or ought to be—every ...
There you will find popular attractions like the Golden Roof, the Imperial Palace, the Triumphal Arch and Maria-Theresien Street. When you're done taking in the sights, enjoy some shopping or stop ...
Located in the Devils Garden area, Landscape Arch is North America's longest arch, stretching an amazing 306 feet. To view the arch, you can take an easy, flat 50-minute hike from the Devils ...
There’s hardly a more recognizable landmark in the Midwest than the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, a monument honoring Thomas Jefferson and his ideas for America’s westward expansion. Reaching 630 ...