Touring State Capitols

You may not know this about me, but I'm a bit of a state government nerd.  I earned my Masters of Public Administration nearly a third of a century ago, and I started my career in state government while working on my degree.  And as I work across the street from Florida's Capitol, you may occasionally find me on a Friday lunch break touring the state's Old Capitol building which is now a museum.

Photo Credit: DXR, CC BY SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

We've been known to spend a morning touring a state capitol building (sometimes known as a state house, depending on where you are) while traveling.  One of my favorites is the State House in Providence, Rhode Island.  They have a cannon from the civil war that has an interesting story that you can read about if you do their virtual tour online.

Our Middle States route is going to take us through or on the outskirts of six state capitals.  I don't know much about architecture, but I do find state capitol buildings to be both architecturally and historically interesting.  In alphabetical order by state, here are the state capitols we may see during our journey.

Alabama

Photo Credit: SSL Architecture

Georgia

Photo Credit: Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress

Illinois

Photo Credit: Office of the Architect of the Capitol, Illinois

Oklahoma

Photo Credit: Oklahoma Arts Council

Tennessee

Photo Credit: 

FaceMePLS from the Hague, The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Wisconsin

Photo Credit: Dick Ebert via EncirclePhotos

So what about you?  Have you visited your state's capitol building?  Would you recommend a tour of your state's capitol to a tourist?  What state has your favorite capitol building?  And if your state is on our itinerary, should we take time to do a tour?

~ Cindy D.