Eight State Capitols

State capitols are interesting and each one has something unique. A state capitol is a good place to visit, even if it’s closed and you can’t get inside. The state capitol shows us things about the state.

Remember of course that “capital” refers to the city and “capitol” refers to the building. A capitol can also be referred to as a “state house”.

Here is a map of the states with their capital cities:

We recently took a trip through the U.S. Northeast, I call it The Great Northeastern Tour, you can read about it here. On that trip we visited eight state capitols, and actually got into four of them!

Here is the Ohio State Capitol in Columbus. The flags represent the counties of Ohio.

Here’s a statue of famous Ohioans. In the second half of the 19th century, there were a number of prominent Americans from Ohio.

Here is the capitol of the state of New York, in Albany:

The Connecticut Capitol sits majestically on a hill.

Here is the Rhode Island state capitol in Providence. We actually got to go inside this one.

Here is the Massachusetts State House in Boston:

We were inside the Massachusetts State House, in the Senate chamber and I had this short conversation with somebody there:
-I asked “How many senators are in the Massachusetts Senate?”
– “Forty”, he replied.
– I asked “What if there’s a tie?”
-The man hesitated as if he hadn’t thought of it, then replied “There are only four Republicans!”

Here is the state capitol of New Hampshire, in Concord, with a Daniel Webster statue in front:

The New Hampshire House of Representatives has 400 representatives. Each representative represents an average of 3,300 residents. That’s the smallest population to representative ratio in any state legislature in the United States.

Here is the Vermont State House in Montpelier. We got to go inside this one:

Here’s the nearby Vermont Agency of Agriculture:

Finally, here is the Maine State Capitol in Augusta. We got to go in this one also.

Here are Lilia and Raphael at an outside balcony.

Here’s a photo I took on that outside balcony. There are rocking chairs available for anybody to sit in.

So we did.

Article by Allan Wall, published January 19th, 2026, on www.allanwall.info .

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