City parks, not just national ones, give DC the edge!
"The most comprehensive evaluation of park access and quality in the 100 largest U.S. cities." Trust for Public Lands ParkScore Index...
"Bittersweet Vindication" - Fake? Illegal? Welcome to the Museum of the Bible in Washingto
"The Dead Sea forgeries could be part of the most significant sham in Biblical archaeology..." UPDATE: The Museum of the Bible in...
UPDATE: Hobby Lobby's "tile samples" - cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals and inscribed
In 2010, the Green family - owners of Hobby Lobby and the force behind the new Museum of the Bible (above) in Washington, DC - ignored...
DC to Dark Shadows—the tale of a Gilded Age mansion on the move
On June 2, 1966, an American Gothic soap opera premiered on television and quickly became a fan favorite. The goings-on in the Collins...
Open-air “biblical garden"—Museum of the Bible’s impending opening puts it back in the news
“Middle Eastern-themed Manna [restaurant] is already booked weeks in advance” Hobby Lobby is a national chain of stores dedicated to arts...
Trading spaces—brewery to concert hall, school to castle, and the little-known history of “Myrtilla
“Ms. Miner, a white woman from New York, moved to the District of Columbia to open the school in the early 1850s. It burned down in 1860,...
The weather is here; wish you were beautiful–vintage postcards of Washington DC
In this day of social media—with instant selfies, check-ins, and Instagram posts—it is easy to forget that not too long ago people shared...
Return of the corpse flower
Stench times three back in Washington DC at the US Botanic Garden The species of flower known as Amorphophallus titanium was first...
NEH Preservation Assistance Grants—the Gilded Age Brewmaster’s Castle in DC
In contrast to many countries, the United States does not have a Ministry of Culture dedicated to the research, documentation,...
Don’t tear it down? Too late for many DC buildings.
The demolition of Manhattan’s Pennsylvania Station in the early 1960s stands as one of the greatest architectural losses in the history...