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One of my goals is to visit all of the state capitols in America. Here's how I'm doing so far.


As of Monday, February 06, 2012, I've visited 21 state capitols, or 42% of them.

NEW
Joni and I visited the Iowa capitol on June 12.






Alabama
Montgomery

I've never been to this capitol.


Alaska
Juneau

I've never been to this capitol.


Arizona
Phoenix

Yellow sent me to Phoenix in 1996 and a friend and co-worker took me to see the capitol before I flew home. I didn't get to go inside.




Arkansas
Little Rock

I drove to Little Rock and visited the capitol -- and the old capitol, which was much classier.




California

I visited this capitol on a business trip to Sacramento on December 17, 2003. I was there late in the evening, so I had to be satisfied with a lap around the outside.



Colorado
Denver

I stopped by this captiol on a road trip with my friend Cooper in 1997. It was late in the day, so we didn't get to go inside.




Connecticut
Hartford

I've never been to this capitol, but I did a report on this state in 6th grade.


Delaware
Dover

I've never been to this capitol.


Florida
Tallahassee

I've never been to this capitol.


Georgia
Atlanta

I've never been to this capitol.


Hawaii
Honolulu

I've never been to this capitol.


Idaho
Boise

I've never been to this capitol.


Illinois
Springfield

Springfield is a nice town. I visited this capitol in 1995 just before I started college. I like the old capitol best.



Indiana
Indianapolis

I visited this capitol on a road trip with my family in 1997.




Iowa
Des Moines

I stopped to take pictures at this capitol on a road trip in 1998. On June 12, 2004, Joni and I took a closer look.




Kansas
Topeka

My friend Ora and I visited this capitol on a trip to visit his parents in 1997.




Kentucky
Frankfort

I visited this capitol on a road trip with my family in 1997.




Louisiana
Baton Rouge

I've never been to this capitol.


Maine
Augusta

I've never been to this capitol.


Maryland
Annapolis

I've never been to this capitol.


Massachusetts
Boston

I visited this capitol for the first time on June 25, 2003. I was in Boston for the ARC Research conference, and Andy Rose and I walked downtown from Long Wharf to see the statehouse. We went inside long enough to be kicked out by a security guard.



Michigan
Lansing

I've never been to this capitol.


Minnesota
St. Paul

I've never been to this capitol, but I've seen it on the air on the way home from Madison, Wisconsin in 1997.


Mississippi
Jackson

I've never been to this capitol.


Missouri
Jefferson City

This is one of my favorite capitols. The architecture is modern but classical and well balanced.




Montana
Helena

I first visited the capitol of my home state during Montana's centennial year, 1989.




Nebraska
Lincoln

This is one of my favorite capitols. It draws from Egyptian architecture instead of Greek and Roman.




Nevada
Carson City

I've never been to this capitol.


New Hampshire
Concord

I've never been to this capitol.


New Jersey
Trenton

I've never been to this capitol.


New Mexico
Santa Fe

I visited this capitol for the first time on July 9, 2003. I was in New Mexico on a road trip with my friends Cooper, James, Kevin and Marna.



New York
Albany

I've never been to this capitol.


North Carolina
Raleigh

I've never been to this capitol.


North Dakota
Bismarck

I've never been to this capitol.


Ohio
Columbus

I visited this capitol on a road trip with my family in 1997. It's close to the very first Wendy's.




Oklahoma
Oklahoma City

I've never been to this capitol.


Oregon
Salem

I've never been to this capitol, but I feel like I have thanks to pictures from my friend Kevin.


Pennsylvania
Harrisburg

I've never been to this capitol.


Rhode Island
Providence

I've never been to this capitol.


South Carolina
Columbia

I've never been to this capitol.


South Dakota
Pierre

I've never been to this capitol.


Tennessee
Nashville

I've never been to this capitol.


Texas
Austin

I've never been to this capitol.


Utah
Salt Lake City

I saw the outside of this capitol on a road trip with my parents in 1990, but I didn't get to go inside.




Vermont
Montpelier

I've never been to this capitol.


Virginia
Richmond

I visited this capitol on a road trip with my family in 1997. It was designed by Thomas Jefferson, and it's where Robert E. Lee took command of the army of the Confederate States.




Washington
Olympia

I saw this capitol from a distance on a vacation to Seattle and the Washington coast in 1987.




West Virginia
Charleston

This is one of my favorite capitols. I visited it on a road trip with my family in 1997. The steps in the back descend to the river.




Wisconsin
Madison

This is one of my favorite capitols. I visited it with my friends Cooper, Kevin, James and Ora on a trip in 1997.




Wyoming
Cheyenne

My home state's capitol. I visited it in 1990, Wyoming's centennial year.




Photographs marked with aren't mine. They'll be replaced as soon as I find my own pictures for these capitols.


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