Behind the White House...

The girlfriend and I weren't originally sure what building this was:


We didn't have a map at the time, and you don't see all that many pictures of the White House from the back...

Some other buildings across the street from the White House:


And this is the office building right next to the White House. I'm assuming this is where a lot of the real business of the Executive Branch gets done:


And this is a monument in front of that office building. You can see that the building itself was under some kind of renovation while we were there:


Off to see the White House itself now...