Yes...thats it.....the Hope Diamond.....priceless beautiful rock....I kinda like it .....really nice looking.....Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in D.C.

Cavemen......After all it is The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History....AND.....National Museum of Man!!!

WILD at the Smithsonian

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Big spooky dinosaur skeletons.....Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History......D.C.

WOW!.....National Museum of Natural History.......Smithsonian Institute.....D.C.

Well then......back to New York City......

I just love this photo.........one of my best and favorites........and yes......a lot of Manhatten is this beautiful

Yes.....I took this on the steps of the New York City Public Library.

Thats him.....one of those world famous lions outside the N.Y.C. Public Library.

Just one of many water fountians in the N.Y.C. public library.......I really liked this place....one I really wanted to see.

Massive rooms with marble floors and walls and awesome ornate woodwork everywhere and especially on the ceilings around the huge and beautiful paintings that cover cavernous size rooms........Must see to believe this place.......N.Y.C. public library.

One of the gigantic rooms with huge celing murals....wish I could have taken photos that shows what a unbelievable sight this really is.......N.Y.C. public library.

Interior 0f the N.Y.C. public library.......one of the places I knew I would see for sure.

Beautiful marble walls and collums and stairs and everything in one of the best buildings ever........N.Y.C. public library

Huge ceiling mural and interior of N.Y.C. public library

N.Y.C. public library

Interior.......N.Y. public libray......one of many Libraries where I now hold a temporary access library card.....Chicago, New York, New Orleans......all applied for and recieved in person.......Big Fun !!!

Wandering around Manhatten......somewhere between the library and St. Patricks Catheral.......N.Y.C.

Just like I said....AWESOME.....this is the front door of St. Patricks Cathedral in N.Y.C........yes I went in.....even got to light a candle.......overpoweringly awesome place.

Yah....pretty wild.....you should see the inside.....2nd best only to St. John The Divine Cathedral (also in N.Y.C).....photos coming soon.......This is the awesome St. Patricks Cathedral in Manhatten, N.Y.C.

Interior of St. Patricks Cathedral..................N.Y.C.

Not how it used to look......still have the ice skating and the trees and flags.......this is outside Rockefeller Center.......in N.Y.C.

N.B.C. studios......I think this is where you can be seen on Good Morning America or whatever it is....... if you go stand by the windows......like people (tourists) like to do.....I did not .........just more Manhatten.

I was all over Manhatten.......Radio City Music Hall.........N.Y.C.

Fancy horse and carriages for rides through Central Park......N.Y.C.

I took this from a overwalk and picnic area........great picture.....the skating rink in Central Park......with Manhatten skyline.

New York City skyline and Essex house taken from Central Park........strange thing is I've seen this view (very close) on T.V. or something before......I took this one myself just around dark in Central Park.

WHAT ?????.......I travel the entire country to see this continents best in Art, Architecture, Scenery, and 21st century attractions.......and my photos get no comments..........WOW !!!!!!

Here are some of the photos taken at The Freer collection and or The Sackler Gallery ( both are Smithsonian Museums) in Washington D.C.
These are true rare antiquities under glass from 100's of years B.C.......some of the best items in the world.
Big , Big , fun for me.....awesome!!!

The Smithsonian Castle........National Mall .......Washington D.C.

Inside courtyard of the Freer Collection building......a Smithsonian museum........National Mall.........Washington D.C.....one of the best places in the world for true rarities and antiqities.......I really enjoyed this place.

Awesome atiquities from B.C. at the Smithsonian museums in Washington D.C.

Thousands of years old.......one of a kind rare.......and wierd as can be.

Smithsonian museums......Washington D.C.

This thing is so so old....and probably priceless.....Smithsonian museums.....D.C.

NO... not hundreds years old.....hundreds years B.C. old.

How Old???

Very, very old.......and very nice......Smithsonian museums.

How many hundreds of years B.C. does this tag say?.........

Old and Odd........Smithsonian Museums

True Antiquities........Smithsonian museums.......D.C.

On National Mall.......Washington D.C.

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.