Indeed, what ‘Da Vinci Code and Brown's other hit, ‘Angels and Demons’, did for London, Paris and Rome, local officials and businesses are hoping ‘The Lost Symbol’ will do for Washington.
Among the sites appearing in the book: the Capitol building, where George Washington laid that cornerstone and where many more Masonic symbols lurk inside; the Smithsonian Institution's famous Castle; and the far less-known ‘Kryptos’ sculpture at the CIA building across the river in Virginia; and a normally ignored statue of one Albert Pike, a sovereign grand commander of the Scottish Rite of Masons. – Jeffrey Brown, The News Hour