Among the 15 million tourists that come to Washington each year, one family races against time to squeeze it all in.
Post critic Blake Gopnik and three art-world insiders examine the greatest painting in Washington.
The Natural History Museum's Ocean Hall is designed to show off not just the whale skeletons and giant squid, but the building's architecture too.
After more than 700 projects and 70 years in the business, the 101-year-old architect Oscar Niemeyer is still at it.
It may look like an imperfect creation, but there are many reasons to love this lumpy little tea bowl made by a 16th-century peasant.
PHOTOS: main: Lucian Perkins -- The Washington Post; left column: National Gallery of Art, Bill O'Leary -- The Washington Post, Brazilian Embassy in Washington, D.C., Freer Gallery of Art; right column: National Museum of American History, Samuel Uhrdin -- Skoklosters Castle; WEB EDITOR: Stephanie Merry -- washingtonpost.com
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