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USCapitol, Flickr // Public Domain The U.S. Capitol Crypt is home to 40 Doric columns, a dozen statues, and no human remains. It’s also a lot less far off the beaten track than your regular run-of-the-mill underground vault—visitor tours of the Capitol building pass through it on a daily basis. In fact, the Capitol Crypt wasn’t exactly intended as a crypt. According to Architect of the Capitol, the building’s first architect, Dr. William Thornton, called it a “Grand Vestibule” on a blueprint from 1797. Nine years later, his successor dubbed it the “General Vestibule to all the O...

A new museum with the impressive lineup in washington, d.c. of course you have the smithsonian but also the national postal museum, the national building museum and the national bonsai museum. but the one museum that stayed on the drawing board more than a decade is a national women's history museum. joining me are two representatives fighting to change that. we rarely see backing anything together. new york democratic congresswoman carolyn maloney and tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn. it's good to have both of you here, thank you. >> thank you, chris. >> so you're co-sponsors of this ...