State

Capital City

Association

Alabama

Montgomery

Clue - the clock over the entrance.
Association - Alabama; first in the alphabet, first in time.

Alaska

Juneau

Clue - the basic and rugged block construction.
Association - being basic and rugged counts in the wilderness of Alaska.

Arizona

Phoenix

Clue - the filigree on the entrance pediment.
Association - resembles the snake, Arizona Elegans.

Arkansas

Little Rock

Clue - the massive and solid blocks next to the entrance pediment.
Association - solid like a rock - which rock? Little Rock, Arkansas.

California

Sacramento

Clue - the Indian statues over the pediment ends.
Association - action in statues is from fiction, "California" is from fiction.

Colorado

Denver

Clue - the skier in the drum columns.
Association - famous Rocky Mountain ski country, Colorado.

Connecticut

Hartford

Clue - the building looks like a castle / cathedral.
Association - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's . . . Cathedral.

Delaware

Dover

Clue - the building is red with white trim, delicate cupola tower.
Association - Manhunting poem - Delicate Della wants someone to wed - Della-ware.

Florida

Tallahassee

Clue - the building is a simple, post-like tower, one solid piece.
Association - the post end of the suspended cable car line from the geographical center (North Dakota) to the point farthest from it (Florida), in the one-word state of the two (Florida).

Georgia

Atlanta

Clue - the people-shaped drum windows, the lady in the windows.
Association - Who is she? Georgia, the state name that is a lady's name.

Hawaii

Honolulu

Clue - the building is modern with palm tree columns, an open crater in the roof, and a surrounding reflecting pool.
Association - new and like a tropical, volcanic island of Hawaii.

Idaho

Boise

Clue - the tall, brown, largely smooth dome.
Association - resembles an Idaho potato.

Illinois

Springfield

Clue - the balconies around the drum.
Association - go out on the balcony to see what the noise is about - (Illi-noise) Illinois.

Indiana

Indianapolis

Clue - the small, round drum windows surrounded with sculpture, and the ribs between them with rounded tops at the bottom of the dome.
Association - snake holes and snakes, Indiana Jones' greatest fear.

Iowa

Des Moines

Clue - the five domes resembling ears of corn, four green in the husk and one husked and golden.
Association - the corn capital possibly of the world is Iowa.

Kansas

Topeka

Clue - the two stacked drum sections with different windows.
Association - the top drum section was carried there by tornado like Dorothy's house to Oz; "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

Kentucky

Frankfort

Clues - the paired columns around the drum, sculptures over the ends of the entrance pediment, pointed arches in the upper drum railing, and rows of square windows in the drum.
Association - all resemble horse-related equipment, for the horse capital - Kentucky.

Louisiana

Baton Rouge

Clue - the building is a tower with a tapered top.
Association - resembles a tapered dinner party candle, and our biggest party is Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Maine

Augusta

Clue - the entire entrance area and dome have clean lines with no decoration.
Association - clean, beautifully simple, plain Maine.

Maryland

Annapolis

Clue - the building is red with white trim, broad dome with cupola tower.
Association - Manhunting poem, Muscular Mary a boyfriend instead - (Mary-land) Maryland.

Massachusetts

Boston

Clue - the building is red with white trim, golden dome.
Association - Manhunting poem - The Boss was near with gold on his head - (The Boss-ton) Boston, Massachusetts.

Michigan

Lansing

Clue - the pointed spire on top of the dome.
Association - resembles a jouster's lance - (Lance-ing) Lansing, Michigan.

Minnesota

St. Paul

Clue - the golden Quadriga statue over the entrance.
Association - charioteer would be a grand man, St. Paul would be a grand man. St. Paul, Minnesota.

Mississippi

Jackson

Clue - the eagle on a solid, ribbed dome.
Association - the eagle is a water bird, the drum looks like a flowing water fountain - our greatest flowing body of water that shares its name with a state is the Mississippi River.

Missouri

Jefferson City

Clue - the brown flat panel decorations on the dome.
Association - resemble the raft Huck Finn and Jim used on the Missouri River in the Mark Twain (who was from Missouri) book.

Montana

Helena

Clue - the people-shaped drum windows with half rounds for heads, solid square drum, mountainous black main dome.
Association - Anne or Anna? Substantial mountain woman, Anna - Montana.

Nebraska

Lincoln

Clue - the building is a tower with dome.
Association - resembles a tall, slender man - Lincoln was a famous tall, slender man. Lincoln, Nebraska.

Nevada

Carson City

Clue - the building is red with white trim, silver dome.
Association - Manhunting poem - And Quicksilver Carson? "Too far," they both said - Quicksilver Carson, Carson City, Nevada.

New Hampshire

Concord

Clue - the double entrance columns in two equal layers.
Association - see the HHH for Hampshire (know Hawaii first).

New Jersey

Trenton

Clue - the entrance columns in two unequal layers, four over six.
Association - the fraction and the rhyme - The columns, they make two-thirds, see? This capitol's in New Jersey.

New Mexico

Santa Fe

Clue - the building is round and not very tall.
Association - built to resemble the sacred sun symbol, and it's in Holy Faith, or Santa Fe, New Mexico.

New York

Albany

Clue - the building is High Victorian style with no dome.
Association - resembles a mansion or hotel with many bedrooms, yet New York is the city that never sleeps.

North Carolina

Raleigh

Clue - the honeysuckle decorative ring on top of the dome.
Association - resembles a fancy ash tray - cigarettes, Raleigh brand cigarettes. Raleigh, North Carolina.

North Dakota

Bismarck

Clue - the building is a simple, post-like tower, looks like two pieces.
Association - a post end of the suspended cable car line from the geographical center (North Dakota) to the point farthest from it (Florida), in the two-word state of those two (North Dakota).

Ohio

Columbus

Clue 1 - there is no dome on a building that looks like it should have one.
Association - Oh-my-Oh-hi-oh, no-dome! Oh-hi-oh - Ohio.
Clue 2 - the four sets of windows on each side of the entrance portico, and the eight columns, or four sets of two columns each.
Association - sets of four for a four-letter name; (know Iowa and Utah first) Ohio.

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City

Clue - the windows around the bottom of the dome with a gable over each of them, and the buttresses below and between the windows.
Association - the windows, gables, and buttresses make faces with a surprised expression, like someone thinking "OK!" for Oklahoma.

Oregon

Salem

Clue - the building is an Art Deco capitol, the only one that is not a tower.
Association - Art Deco was the architectural design fad of the 30s (1930s), and the Oregon Trail was the pioneering fad of the 30s (1830s).

Pennsylvania

Harrisburg

Clue - the large number of ports in the dome and round windows in the walls.
Association - some playful giant child poked it with a pen! Pen-nsylvania.

Rhode Island

Providence

Clue - the huge cupolas around the dome.
Association 1 - the cupolas look like smaller versions of the main dome, like a mainland and four islands - Rhode "Islands."
Association 2 - the cupolas are colossal, like the Colossus of Rhodes - "Rhodes" Island.

South Carolina

Columbia

Clue - the unusually shaped, black cupola.
Association - resembles a man's head with a WWI helmet - connect it to South Carolina's special Civil War story.

South Dakota

Pierre

Clue - the huge alcoves around the drum.
Association - they resemble ears; big, stone ears like Washington's head on Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Tennessee

Nashville

Clue - it is a simple, rectangular building with a central cupola tower, and it is set on a hill.
Association - resembles a ship with one smokestack or a thick mast, and it is on a high sea - which sea? Tenne-see.

Texas

Austin

Clue - the very large entrance arch.
Association - they like everything large in the largest of our 48 contiguous states, Texas.

Utah

Salt Lake City

Clue - the evenly spaced columns across the entire front and the level roof line.
Association - the impression is orderly and regimented, like the common impression of the Mormon people whose church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Vermont

Montpelier

Clue - the wooded hill behind the capitol.
Association - the building is in the green (verd) hills (mont), Vermont.

Virginia

Richmond

Clue - it looks like a Roman temple on a hill.
Association - Thomas Jefferson, one of the most famous men in United States history designed several well known buildings, including this capitol. (OK, so it's not really an association.) Virginia.

Washington

Olympia

Clue - the tiered roof line, and the alignment of the small towers over the pediment helps if the ends of the roof tiers are not visible.
Association - the ends of the roof tiers make a slanted "W" on each side, and the pediment and the towers make a straight one - hidden W for Washington (know West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming first).

West Virginia

Charleston

Clue - the entirely gilded cupola on the dome.
Association - our gold rushes always have been to the west, so go west to all that gold - West Virginia.

Wisconsin

Madison

Clue - the building is X-shaped, with entrances at all the ends and in the inside corners - watch for the setback of the wings when an end entrance is pictured.
Association - it's an X, like X marks the spot on a treasure map - got a treasure map - you wish, (Wish-consin) Wisconsin.

Wyoming

Cheyenne

Clue - the people-shaped drum windows with half rounds for heads, airy drum, gilded dome.
Association - Anne or Anna? A delicate, shy city girl, Anne. Cheyenne, Wyoming.