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Grover Cleveland, the only President to get married in the White House, married 21-year-old Frances Folsom, above, in the Blue Room in 1886. The blue furniture, as shown in Waddell's painting, Something Blue, is still in the White House collection. Click here to explore the painting. White House Historical Association hide caption

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An Artist Imagines The White House As It Once Was

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Monday

Captain Hook (left) and her accomplice, Vanessa XKiller, vandalize a bear statue in L.A.'s Griffith Park in the most cozy way possible: with a hand-crocheted hoodie. Stepping back to assess their handiwork, Vanessa concludes, it's "gangster cute." Jennifer Sharpe/via Flickr hide caption

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Crochet Vandals Do Graffiti ... Like Your Grandma

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Sunday

Florence Claridge poses with her hat by milliner David Shilling in Berkshire, west of London, in 2010. Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

In the late 1990s, both Marinovich and Silva traveled to the Middle East to photograph the ongoing clashes in the region. Silva captured this image of a young Palestinian boy throwing a tire in the West Bank town of A-Ram in March 1997. Joao Silva/AP hide caption

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Herzog was only permitted to enter the caves for one week of filming. Mark Valesella/IFC Films hide caption

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Herzog Enters 'The Cave Of Forgotten Dreams'

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Maggy Rozycki Hiltner's Hothouse Flowers, made of found fabrics, is one of many works on display in the Textile Museum's Green: The Color and the Cause exhibit in Washington, D.C. Click here to see the full textile. Virginia Spragg hide caption

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Virginia Spragg

Celebrating Green: As Color, As Concept, As Cause

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Ai Weiwei, one of China's most controversial artists, looks on during the 'So Sorry' exhibition opening at 'Haus der Kunst' on October 11, 2009 in Munich. Miguel Villagran/Getty Images hide caption

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