George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the commissioners of DC judged the competition. Jefferson submitted drawings for the White House design himself, but Irish architect James Hoban won the ...

The National Geographic Society’s Renaissance Revival style addition on 16th Street is part of Washington, D.C.'s Sixteenth Street Historic District, tying the headquarters into the city's ...

Here's what to know about giant pandas − and maybe what you didn't know: Bao Li was born in China, but he'll be the third generation from his family to live in Washington. Bao Li's mother is Bao ...