Beautiful coral on display at the Smithsonian "Castle." The first building of the Smithsonian Empire is a visitor's center. One room's walls are lined with cases demonstrating the breadth of the museums' collections. The Smithsonian's scope is mindbending. And I was completely taken by the fact that the eponymous Smithson donated the money that begun the Smithsonian was a Englishman who never stepped foot in the U S of A. © Brandy Agerbeck 1996-2005 | Loosetooth.com