I drove downtown to visit the old capitol (a museum) and the current capitol (state government’s hub). The old capitol was closed due to hurricane Katrina. The War Memorial Building next door was interesting and solemn. The Old Capitol Gift Shop was still open, though, so I picked up some postcards, a shot glass and a book on all the state capitols.

I spent about half an hour at the current capitol building. The dome was pretty inside and out. The architecture was grand, and the elevators had a lot of glass so I could see the stationary walls around it as it moved up and down.