The Astoria Column is a 125-foot tall column located on Coxcomb Hill, the highest point in Astoria, Oregon. The Column, built in 1926, is made of concrete and has a spiral staircase of 164 steps ...

Historian Adrian Goldsworthy reveals the brutal training, bureaucratic grind and uncertain rewards of life in the Roman ...

The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral up around a 126-foot marble pillar in Rome known as Trajan's Column. It's a ...

Standing atop Coxcomb Hill since 1926, the Astoria Column tells the story of Oregon’s early history with sweeping views of the Columbia River and the city below. Inspired by Trajan’s Column in Rome, ...