The height from the base of the Capitol to the top of the statue on the dome is 288 feet. This statue is the Statue of Freedom. It is 19 feet 6 inches in height and weighs 15,000 pounds.

The current dome of the Capitol was constructed from 1855 to 1866. It is made of 8,908,200 pounds of cast iron.

The Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower on the campus of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill -- home of the Tar Heels. The tower stands 172 feet tall.

A U.S. naval ship at port in San Diego, CA.

A weather vane along the coast of Atlantic City, NJ.

People have been living on Catalina Island for at least 7,000 years. The earliest settlers traveled 20 miles to the mainland by well-crafted plank canoes.

There are approximately 3,376 cherry trees in the Tidal Basin and Mall area. They bloom in early spring and reach their peak for only a few days.

The current dome on the Capitol is not the original. The original was smaller, made of wood and considered a fire hazard.

Statue at the base of the steps to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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