The Capitol Building in Washington DC

In the capital city, Washington DC, rises the grandiose and famous Capitol, one of the most impressive and most easily recognizable building in the US.

The Capitol is located on a plateau 26 meters above the Potomac River. There is the starting point of the National Mall, spreading on a surface of 2 km. It is the symbol of democracy for the people of the United States of America. The Capitol building is the center of the government for the legislative power and the United States Congress. The Dome of the Capitol is a fascinating piece of architectural art, built in a neoclassical and baroque style. For the last two centuries the Capitol was the meeting point of all forms of government and many historical decisions were taken here. In Washington DC, the Dome of the Capitol is on the fifth place among the tallest buildings.

Thomas Jefferson held a contest in 1792 to choose the projects to be used in the construction of the Capitol. The works on the Capitol were started in 1793, when President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the building. The construction has been carried out by African Americans. While the building was not completely finished yet, The Congress of the United States of America was reunited in 1800 for the first meeting in the Capitol of Washington.

Visiting the building's interior is a very popular tourist attraction in Washington DC. The guided tour includes usually a presentation of the political activities taking place here. The tour is free for any visitors, tourists or locals. Here you can see impressive statues of the most important personalities in the American history.

Spellbound Museum in Massachusetts

In Salem, Massachusetts, you can find the Spellbound Museum wherein you can experience the original ‘Vampire and Ghost Tours’ at every 8 PM and it departs from the Salem Visitor’s Center Bell. By this, you would hear the history and tales of vampires, vampirism, as well as the secrets and mysteries of voodoo, Salem’s root of ‘Witch Hysteria’, visitation of the original Witch Dungeon site, and storytelling and ghost hunting at the most haunted cemeteries in the entire US country.

The tiny museum is located on Essex St., Salem, Massachusetts, which is run by Mollie Stewart who is a licensed/certified ghost hunter. Salem is sometimes called the ‘Witch City’ wherein the so-called ‘Witch Hysteria’ has occurred like in other places in Europe in the world’s history that had prejudicial things that happened. The innocent people were persecuted by either hanging or burning them at the stakes. You can recall the past through the Spellbound Museum.

You can now recall that what happened a long time ago was very preposterous and unbecoming of the church. Here, in this small museum, you can find the interesting exhibits of authentic supernatural curios and oddities that you have never seen before. Some of these are the 200-year old vampire killing kits from Eastern Europe, the so-called Feejee Mermaid (in a 10-gallon tank), a hand in a jar, and other artifacts from choice like a few things placed and arranged on bookshelves and around the museum.

Indian Orchard’s Titanic Museum

If you are interested to look at the historical Titanic cruise ship, you can find it in the Indian Orchard’s Titanic Museum in Springfield, Massachusetts, wherein the gigantic model ship has been anchored to rest. Here, the many acquisitions are showcased here.

Some of these are the shelves or display cases, posters, paintings, square carpet (from a first class room), books, a deck chair and much more. The 9-ft tall model cruise ship of this Titanic Historical Society Museum also contains a carved oak chair from the actual ship’s dining room, Lifejackets, the original blueprint of the ship, the wireless message received by the ship (from a German sailor) and a lot more of other artifacts. Some of the wealthy survivors of the sunken ship have donated some things to the museum as well as the fanatics. However, the original artifacts are overwhelmed by the fake ones.

It is said that the prices of artifacts that are sold by the shops around the museum (i.e. Jewelries, Titanic movie memorabilia like posters) has skyrocketed because of the many people who got curious about it since the ‘Titanic’ movie has been released. Every day, the museum is packed with a lot of visitors from everywhere in the country and around the world. The Titanic Historical Society’s President, Ed Kamuda runs a shop that sells a lot of things that relate to the Titanic cruise ship. He has met a lot of avid fans and other people that are curious about its different stories including the fictional Jack and Rose characters in the movie.