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Photo of the Week: Utah Capitol (inside)

Adrienne — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:29 +0000

Unlike some of the other capitol buildings we have visited, the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City is flooded with natural light:

From Salt Lake City, Utah

The skylights were very pleasant and lit the inside of the building nicely.

Photo of the Week: Minnesota Capitol

Adrienne — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:00 +0000

The state capitol complex in Minneapolis is quite large, as is the building itself:

From Minneapolis and St. Paul

We walked all the way around the building (and a little ways away from it, as you can see above), but the building was closed the day we visited, and we couldn’t go inside.

Photo of the Week: Massachusetts Capitol (inside)

Adrienne — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:00:26 +0000

The House Chamber in the Massachusetts Capitol is very handsome:

From Boston, Massachusetts

It is a very grand and imposing space, perfect for crafting laws in. And then you turn around and see the Sacred Cod…

Photo of the Week: Rhode Island Capitol

Adrienne — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:00:21 +0000

Rhode Island may be the smallest state, but it certainly has a nice-looking capitol building:

From New England

We didn’t spend a whole lot of time looking at the building from the outside, though, because it was a windy and rainy day – very odd weather for late August!

Photo(s) of the Week: Delaware Capitol(s)

Adrienne — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:00:24 +0000

Delaware’s state capitol in Dover has two buildings. The original state house:

From Annapolis and Dover

and the current one:

From Annapolis and Dover

Both of them are interesting to look at on the outside, but they were closed on the day we visited, so we didn’t get to go in.

Photo of the Week: Maryland Capitol

Adrienne — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:00:12 +0000

We’ve previously featured the inside of the State House in Annapolis Maryland, but the outside is pretty neat too:

From Annapolis and Dover

If it looks familiar to you, it might be because the tower is featured on the Maryland state quarter.

Photo of the Week: South Carolina Capitol (inside)

Adrienne — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:00:23 +0000

As we drove from Atlanta to Charleston, we stopped off in Columbia to see South Carolina’s capitol. We found this lovely stained glass window inside the building:

From Atlanta and Columbia

The Latin motto on the window is Animis opibusque parati , which means “Prepared in Mind and Resources.”

Photo of the Week: Wisconsin Capitol (inside)

Adrienne — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:00:20 +0000

We’ve previously featured the outside of the Wisconsin capitol in Madison, but the inside is quite nice too:

From Wisconsin

This is the view of the inside of the dome.

Photo of the Week: Illinois Capitol

Adrienne — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:00:12 +0000

As we drove from St Louis to Chicago, we stopped in Springfield to see the Illinois state capitol. The current capitol building was closed, but the former capitol was open. Here is the outside:

From St Louis and Springfield

This was the state capitol building in Lincoln’s day. During his one term in the Illinois state legislature, Lincoln did his legislative business in that very building. It’s been restored to look like it did during Lincoln’s time there.

Photo of the Week: At the Mission

Adrienne — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:00:00 +0000

The famous San Juan Capistrano Mission, in California, is a beautiful, peaceful place:

From Mission San Juan Capistrano

In the photo, you can see one of the many fountains that dot the mission, two of the original mission bells, and an old brick wall with a cross on top. The mission also has many trees; some of them are evergreens, like the one on the right, and some are palms.

We enjoyed our visit there very much.

Photo of the Week: NY Skyline

Adrienne — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:00:31 +0000

Our visit to the Statue of Liberty occurred on a cloudy and windy day, which made for very interesting views of the familiar New York skyline and Lady Liberty herself:

From New York City, New York II

We took the picture from the boat as we were approaching Liberty Island from the southwest.

Photo of the Week: The Grand Coulee

Adrienne — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:00:45 +0000

What exactly is a “coulee?” According to dictionary.com, it is “a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.” Here is a very large example:

From The Beautiful Pacific Northwest

Sometimes something is called “grand” but really doesn’t merit the word. This is not one of those times; that is definitely a grand coulee!

Photo of the Week: Fountain in Philly

Adrienne — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:00:04 +0000

Logan Square is in the middle of downtown Philadelphia. From a certain angle, the city hall is right behind the square’s fountain:

From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We took many pictures of Philadelphia’s City Hall because it is just so cool looking.

Photo of the Week: Hollywood Sign

Adrienne — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:00:54 +0000

The 85th Academy Awards – or “the Oscars,” as they are more widely known – took place just down the street from this Hollywood sign, which marks the beginning of the Hollywood Walk of Fame:

From Los Angeles, California

It’s not the famous Hollywood sign everyone knows, but I kind of like how it looks better.

Photo(s) of the Week: American Presidents in London

Adrienne — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:00:11 +0000

We came upon a surprisingly large number of statues of American presidents while we were in London. Here are some of them:

From London I

This statue of Abraham Lincoln is located in Parliament Square, west of Big Ben. To the left is Westminster Abbey. Lincoln is right in the middle of things!

Many of the statues we saw were in Grosvenor Square, where the US embassy is located:

From London III

Here is Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the park that makes up the middle of the square.

From London III

Dwight D. Eisenhower’s statue shows him in his uniform as Supreme Allied Commander during WWII. You can see the US embassy behind Eisenhower.

From London III

Ronald Reagan’s is the most recent presidential statue, having been unveiled in July 2011. Eisenhower stands at the northeast corner of the embassy, and Reagan is at the southwest corner.

It was good to see so many of America’s great leaders immortalized on the streets of London.