Washington , DC, has plenty of ghost stories. The most well-k...

The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo...  ....You probably know that the “D.C.” in Washington , D.C., stands for “District of Columbia&rd...  ...ooted and otherwise naked,” General George Washington complained in a letter two days before Christmas...  ...d make it easy for t...

Image: Avi/Wikipedia We passe...  ...We passed through the city of Longview, Washington , on our recent family trip, and my wife noticed t...

The top picture is of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington , DC, in 1917. You can see that what is now the Na...  ...hat now lies between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument was completed by 1923. A series of photo...

A couple of months ago, we told you about the pain...  ...hundred years later, when former president George Washington fell ill in December of 1799, medical science had...  ...medical science hadn’t much more to offer. Washington felt worse the next morning, so his estate’...  ...ins removed 12 to 14...

Remember that time Washington , D.C. was attacked by an army? Of course you don&...  ...the brink of legend himself. He was going to take Washington City—its Treasury, its arsenals, its Capito...  ...as they should have been, either -at least not in Washington . General Gr...

An estimated 800,000 federal employees are off wor...  ...ay, as the U.S. government shutdown continues. In Washington , D.C., many local businesses are stepping up to h...  ...ng up to help out the workers they depend on. The Washington Post published a list of places that are offering...  ...all day, limit one...

We've all heard of therapy dogs and therapy cats,...  ...der in from the wild:The nursing home patients at Washington ’s Bellingham Health and Rehabilitation Cent...

(video link) A duck broached the perimeter of the White House lawn on Wednesday, but the ducklings following her couldn't mount the concrete barrier. Secret Service agents came to the rescue, and lifted the ducklings th...

I love scrap metal sculptures, especially when...  ...urner for the Moses Lake Museum and Art Center in Washington , this life-sized construction of a Columbia mammo...