Washington, DC
I was in DC for an astronomy conference, but wanted to break out for an evening with my camera. I took a cab to the Library of Congress, and spent the rest of my time on foot.
None of these is really more important than the other, so I’ll show them as a simple grid here, without much explanation. I lucked out a bit because it was one of those warm, winter nights, and the air was heavy with moisture, which resulted in some great lighting effects.

The main reading room in the Library of Congress.

State of the state.

National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall. It's a nice shake-up of the normally formal DC architecture paradigm.

Spotlights illuminate the Washington Monument.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial at night.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the National Mall.

MLK Memorial in Washington DC.

The Awakening by J. Seward Johnson.