"...That prodigious creature, said to possess the keys of Nostradamus, was a gloomy man, enveloped in a sad aura, with an Asiatic look that seemed to know what there was on the other side of things. He wore a large black hat that looked like a raven with widespread wings, and a velvet vest across which the patina of the centuries had skated."

—excerpt from 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Márquez


Panoramic views of different rooms in the White House. Historical photo essays of White House life. A selection of paintings from the White House art collection, including some donated masters.