Landmarks

The landmark on the National Mall sank about a foot over several decades.

It took grassroots efforts to raise the funds and ultimately build the colossal monument in New York Harbor that has come to symbolize freedom around the world.

The White House South Lawn has doubled as a playing field and performance space for over a century.

Yellowstone's stunning natural beauty inspired the 19th-century push to set aside the land, where Indigenous people had been present for millennia.

Multiple landmarks recognize the work and lives of the nation’s first ladies.

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These historic landmarks survived centuries of shifting empires—only to be leveled by human conflict.

Dig into the lesser-known facts about Arlington National Cemetery’s history.

From ancient hideouts to Cold War-era bunkers, explore eight astonishing settlements beneath the Earth’s surface.

In 1996, crowds and a killer storm took the lives of eight Everest climbers.

The Panama Canal is a massive engineering marvel that connects the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean.

After a tense lead-up, treaties signed in 1977 paved the way to ending American management of the 51-mile-long waterway.

These impressive mountains are either too remote, too dangerous or too sacred.

The monument's colorful history includes a fraudulent bond election, a mistaken design competition winner—and a civil rights protest in the sky.

The Mariana Trench remained undiscovered until a crew from the HMS Challenger unsuspectingly lowered a weighted rope into its immense depths.