Tours and Excursions

The Washington Monument HistoryA monument to commemorate the works of the former president of the United States, the Washington monument was constructed in memory of George Washington. Designed by Architect ...

DuPont Circle is a place where the city's finest museums, historic homes, restaurants and bookstores are clustered around. It is a place which attracts picnicking visitors, office workers, sunbathers, mothers ...

The Corcoran Gallery of Art is historically as well as culturally important center of Washington. Founded “for the purpose of encouraging American Genius,” the Corcoran's extensive collection of 18th, 19th, ...

The Arboretum was established by an act of Congress on March 4, 1927. In 1973, the National Arboretum was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, identifying it as ...

Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens is a park which is devoted to the display of aquatic plants. Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens constitutes some 700 acres and is part of ...

The Textile Museum was designed by John Russell Pope in 1913. In 1925 George Hewitt Myers founded The Textile Museum with a collection of 275 rugs and 60 related textiles. ...