Capitol progress across America

We've become fascinated by state capitols. Beginning with our honeymoon, every time we're near one, we make an attempt to visit each state capitol we can.

Our first was the state capitol in Olympia, Washington. There we were, two love-struck honeymooners, driving along when we'd spotted the capitol building. Intrigued, we parked and walked hand-in-hand all over the grounds and wound our way up the grand steps. We stood with our necks craned back and mouths wide open at the grandeur inside. When the cute little old lady behind the visitors desk asked if we'd like a tour, we agreed, and were hooked. We enjoyed our first capitol building so much we stopped by to see Oregon's capitol in Salem a couple days later.

Now every time we're anywhere near a state capitol, we always try to stop by. The history and significance and pride of each state is on display in their capitol and it's such a fun way to get a true taste of the part of the country we're in. Since then, we've been to the capitols in Iowa (of course!), Indiana, and Illinois just to name a few. And we're on a roll. We recently picked up this great book of American Capitols.

Now when we travel near a capitol, we'll take this book so we'll have a little background info about each place, and write the date of each visit on that state capitol's page. It'll be a fun record of our capitol progress across America. Now - any good suggestions for which capitol we should visit next?