Lake Potomac and the Jefferson Memorial.......Washington D.C.

The West Building of The National Gallery of Art has the U.S. world class collection of oil paintings, around 50 rooms worth (I think). Almost all the rooms have a attendant (guard), and none of what I saw was behind glass. Excellent place. There was so much and such variety a person (given time) could narrow down thier personal tastes in world art by continent, country, century, style, artist etc. by the definitions in each area and room. I was pressed for time my whole visit in D.C. , so I missed as much or more, than what I saw in all the museums, Smithsonian collections, archieves, and gallerys I visited. Of course that's just the art......I did see more than art in D.C. Despite a camera that always had flash on and ruined most my pictures at the West Building I saw some of the worlds best paintings. I would certainly spend a day just in this gallery, next time I'm on the east coast.

THE WEST BUILDING........National Gallery Of Art.

Although I've seen pictures of many very old woodcut pieces and it is likely the most interesting art form to me....... always drew my interest......I missed this exhibit.....and who knows what all else.....at the West Building, National Gallery of Art....Washington D.C.

Hard to believe....yet this piece of art is as old and valuable as it appears in the United State's collection of masterpiece artwork......at the National Gallery of Art.....in D.C.

Ignore the flash glare.....YES...... this is......like it appears..... first class world art.....unbelievable.....from the U.S. National Gallery of Art......West Building....Washington D.C.

Hmmm.......without the flash glare......wonder what this might be worth......love this one.....World class great art...... right there in front of me.....

Beautiful old painting.......National Gallery of Art.........D.C.

Daniel in the Lions Den.....West Building.....National Gallery Of Art....Washington D.C.

Masterpieces......with big glare spots from my camera

Yes....without the glare this is totally awesome.

World class art.......

Excellent piece.....sorry about the flash glare.....National gallery of Art

Great painting......bad camera flash......

At the National Gallery of Art......D.C.

Interior decor.....National Gallery of Art.

Awful camera......Awesome art.

Again a flash.....otherwise a great piece.

The Capitol..........Washington D.C.

Here's some more from the Big Apple......

Very poor photo of a very awesome old and ornate cathedral.....New York City.

6th ave......small branch of the New York public library system.....wait till I get the pictures back from the main library....that's a library.

More of Manhatten.....from the top of the Empire State Building.......N.Y.C.

Yes....I took this from the top of the Empire State Building.

Poor photo.....awesome lobby......first floor......Empire State Building.......N.Y.C.

Souvenier shop in Manhatten where I got my pen and overseas stamps.

Front of Macy's department store.....5th ave. Manhatten.

Macy's store....Manhatten......New York City.

The main New York City Post Office......Manhatten, New York.....one of many places I visited to mail post cards.....

Penn Station and Madison Square Garden are all infused in one huge block on 34th street.....most of it all underground....right in Mid-town Manhatten.....so this is the first thing I see when I finally reach ground level from Penn Station.....witch is a huge complex and many leveled train, transit, subway, light rail, etc. etc. and retail mall.....mostly underground.

From the Lake Shore Limited.........Albany New York.

Utica.......New York......taken from the Lake Shore Limited.

Syracuse New York.......on the Lake Shore Limited.

On the Lake Shore Limited.......

taken from train....Lake Shore Limited

Pennsylvania......near Lake Erie.......Lake Shore Limited.

Great Lake Erie......from Ohio....on the Lake Shore Limited....from Chicago to New York.

Union Station.........Chicago......the place is so, so huge.....a flash does not matter.....a very limited view in this photo.....those statues are 40 feet in the air and the actual domed ceiling of the main room (not shown) must be 80.

These are just a few of the pictures of what I saw and did in and around Times Square.....and a small part of the pictures and places where I went in New York City.......

Giant Bobbleheads.......retail sports store......Manhatten.....New York City.

Fun singing figures....Entrance....Ripley's Odditorium.....

Times Square.......N.Y.C.

Ripley's Odditorium.......N.Y.C.

Albino Giraffe......Ripley's Odditorium.......Times Square.....New York.

The Fat Women.......Ripley's Odditorium.......N.Y.C.

Ripley's Believe it or not Odditorium.......Manhatten.......New York.

Six-legged cow skeleton......Ripley's Odditorium......N.Y.C.

Ripley's Odditorium.......Times Square......N.Y.C.

Worlds Biggest Cigar.......handrolled.....Ripley's Odditorium......N.Y.C.

O.K.........picture this......you have just come out of the exhibits room (shown) and just about interupt these tourists picture taking.....so you retreat....look around some more....try it again.......but their still there.....and again......untill you get brave enough to say excuse me and cut across them....soon to realize their only Immitations.....BIG FUN.....Ripley's Odditorium......Times Square.

Ripley's Odditorium Manhatten New York