It’s hard to believe that just under twenty years ago I was allowed to run around on the roof of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and take these photographs. Above is looking west down Constitution Avenue NW and the National Archives and Federal Triangle.

Above, this is looking east at the U.S. Capitol and the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art.

Above, we see the National Mall, with the Smithsonian Castle and Washington Monument.

Here’s looking at the Federal Triangle again and the distant suburb of Rosslyn off in Virginia.

The center of the National Gallery is a gigantic dome like the Pantheon and below you can see how the roof tiles are actually marble. Supposedly this is the last major building in America built in the Beaux-Arts style, so they say.