Monuments in Washington, D.C.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

An obscure federal monument honors the French diplomat who served as Ambassador to the U.S. during WWI.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.