It’s interesting the Greek temple forms were brought to America solely because Greek Democracy was the “hip” and “cool” trend at the time as it was a “temple of government” which was a neat idea at the time
1:32 as a Virginian, I find it wild that you didn't mention the historical aspect of the building (designed by Thomas Jefferson, used as inspiration for the u.s capitol, etc) nor the sick underground part lol
That was the only one that I thought was outright questionable. Even if you don't care about the history, it just seems like an underwhelming building, whereas a lot of the ones ahead of it had glaring specific criticisms
Summary for the first 25(ish) states: "This is an ugly building, doesn't fit for a capitol building, doesn't represent the state properly, god it's so ugly"
@@blainew79 I kinda like the old plantation style, its kinda a merge between classical roman and American prairie architecture, tho my least favorite the the heavily brutalist styled high rise ones.
bioenthusiast yeah I like them too, I was just saying how the first 25 buildings he talked about included what the person listed in the comment plus what I said, but I agree with you I like the plantation style, my favorite capital building is Oklahoma though gotta support the home team, if only we didn’t have that ugly oil rig in front of the building lol
I can see why you were't expecting it. It is pretty tacky --- over the top. Proportions are out of whack. The dome is too tall and skinny for the building. Actually it is kind of cool because it is a bit different from so many, which look basically alike.
@@tophu7903 I was surprised too, especially since I have lived in both New York and Pennsylvania that have amazing Capitol buildings. But I gotta say, that location on a prominence overlooking Bushnell Park is killer.
@@tophu7903 Well Connecticut is one of the original 13 colonies, and played a key role in the independence of the United States of America. So I'll give them the win! (:
And how they had to spell out "Alaska State Capitol" on the front... At least most of the other 49 stand out enough that people can probably figure out what it is, but Alaska had to spell it out because they built something way too bland. I've also heard part of why it's like that is because they didn't get much land set aside for a capitol building, which is pretty ironic for the state with the most land area...
@@PharrowlOG well considering that Juneau has been surrounded by the Tongass for more than 100 years, which, besides logging, we have not been allowed to access or develop due to federal park regulations. The Capitol building has a pretty interesting story, originally be a school and for some time a prison
holy hell growing up in austin texas, i assumed every state had a capitol as nice as ours. this makes me a lot appreciative of ours and our state. thanks for another great video king!
I visited three years ago and did the free tour of the interior and learned about the Six Flags. It is really impressive, but seeing this I'm really sad now that I missed the amazing exposed underground part.
The Texas Capitol is made of sunset red granite, quarried in Burnet county. The pink or red color comes from large amounts of the mineral orthoclase feldspar in the granite. As the amount of orthoclase feldspar increases in the granite, the color becomes pinker. It isn't "dirty", nor in need of a power wash...
I'm really happy to see Iowa's state capitol building ranked so high. It's a gem, and Des Moines is truly a city deserving of more hype than it gets. The Old Capitol in Iowa City is also quite pretty, being the center of the University of Iowa's Pentacrest.
Take a shot every time he says: “doesn’t look quite right” “It’s a nice building but it’s not a great state capitol” “Looks like a plantation house” You’ll die before number 20
Texas’ Capitol is pink granite (native stone) so that “dustiness” you don’t like isn’t dirt, it’s a different color, which is part of what I like about it. The dome is cast iron and they repaint it every 12 years to match the stone. Depending on when you visited, you may have thought the dome didn’t match because it needed a paint job.
The story was that the Univ. of Texas couldn’t build the high rise end zone stands on the north end of Memorial Stadium until after Ladybird Johnson died. She had an apartment on the top floor of the LBJ Library which had a view of the Texas state capital building between the east and west stands of the stadium. The university promised not to obscure that view while she was alive. She lived to be quite old so UT didn’t start construction on those stands until then.
It’s a living museum... it’s construction was exchanged for 3,050,000 acres of land in the Texas panhandle that became known as the XIT ranch... XIT standing for ‘10 in Texas’, because it spans 10 counties.
@@Texaslawhorn Ladybird died in July of ‘07, and they started immediately thereafter on the $149 million north end upper deck and had it opened for the start of the ‘08 football season. That pushed the stadium capacity to almost 99,000 at the time. My daughter was a student then (class of ‘12).
"Virginia State Capital Building looks like a plantation house." As a former Virginia resident, that is just one more reason why it needs to be torn down and replaced with a replica of the North Korean Capital Building. They want to experience what life is like under communism, let's start by making Richmond look like Pyongyang.
I’ve lived most of my life in Nebraska, and we’re quite proud of our capitol. I love that you can see it from miles away when you drive to Lincoln. If you walk around the outside, you’ll see the names of all 93 counties. The statue of The Sower on top of the dome tells that we are predominantly an agricultural state. It’s been years since I took a tour and heard the history, but it really is a beautiful building.
Fellow Nebraskan here... greetings! I agree. I hadn't really seen many other state capitals before (the only other one I've been inside is Wisconsin's) but the striking and unique architecture of Nebraska's capital building should put it even higher than 12!
Until this video, I’d never seen what it looks like, and I really admire it. It makes a statement without that Georgian/Palladian/whatever architecture favored by so many Capitol architects. It rocks.
DEFINITELY should have included at least 1 picture of each Capitol building at NIGHT. Living outside Sacramento, that building at night is pretty boss when it's lit up. It would be so cool to see some of these other buildings lit at night. I bet that Connecticut building at night looks BADASS
Wisconsin capitol is magical, plus in the summer all the birdwatchers go there with field glasses to lie on the lawn watching the many different species of night birds gobbling the millions of insects that fly around the untitled floodlights illuminating the dome of the Capitol building. Odd yet really sweet, dozens of birdwatchers laid out on the lawn staining up through binoculars shouting Latin names of birds to one another. The citizens are used to them, but it startles the tourists.
@@HelloIamCloudy Detroit gets a bad rep honestly. It has its problems, yes, but also it’s not a terrible place. (I’ve been there for marching band competitions so I haven’t seen too much of the bad) also, it’s right next to Canada, which is always a good thing.
Yeah, he really missed out on a big part of its beauty. Also thought it was strange that he didn't show a single picture of the front of the building .
I thought Utah would be top 3. If you count how nice the people are around there it should be number 1. Some guys pulled their car over to see if I wanted them to take my picture.
I was born and raised in West Virginia and I was always surprised by the state Capitol. It does not surprise me that it ranked so high. It has always been in the top 10 of state capitols. The building combines Victorian, British Colonial, and neo classical all in one. West Virginia's state Capitol has always been in close competition to our nation's Capitol.
Definitely did NOT expect to sit through a 20-minute color commentary of a total stranger saying what he thinks about all 50 state capitols. My favorite part is how unapologetic he is about the fact that it's just what he likes. I laughed out loud more than once, and learned something along the way. (Can someone start a GoFundMe for Alaska?)
As an Iowan, my favorite is still Wisconsin's. The building isn't the greatest, but the setting and how it fits into downtown Madison is perfect. The sight lines from street level all look up to the great white dome on the hill sandwiched between two lakes.
Biased since I’m from Wisconsin, but I agree it’s at least a top 3 for me. While the building sits in a dignified position, it doesn’t feel divorced from the cityscape and is very approachable.
The Texas state capitol isn't really dusty/dirty. Its just the material. I believe its built from pink granite from the hill country to the west. Unlike most capitols which are made from marble.
Exactly, I actually live in Austin and I’m going to revisit the capitol in 3 days! But Texas capitol has a unique color, not like white or colors like that
@TrundleTheGreat Nice?! They're glorious! The outside is built of fine Texas Granite ( we mine grey, red and pink, of such quality they are in high demand as tombstones) The geology professors at U T and Texas A & M bring their students on field trips to identify and admire the many types of granite and marble imported from all over the world to face the interior columns and inlaid floors. The builders wanted the public to be edified and enriched when they viewed the Texas Capitol building, and they succeeded. The Statue of Liberty on the dome holds a sword and lifts high a gilded Lone Star. Classy.
Take a shot every time he says: “doesn’t look quite right” “It’s a nice building but it’s not a great state capitol” “Looks like a plantation house” You’ll die before number 20
I'm from CT and I 100% agree. Our capitol is really gorgeous and also sits up on a bit of a hill and has beautiful grounds as well as a lovely park right there. I have always liked all the statues.
It does look epic though compared to Alabama's. But I like all capitols the same. But living in the Capitol city of Alabama starts feeling nostalgia. The first Alabama capitol burned down. But I would like to visit Connecticut someday it is one of the states I'm really want to go to. And maybe I can check out its capitol! 👍 Nice Comment!
As an Iowan who lives in Des Moines (even though not at the moment), I can confirm the capitol building always turns heads no matter who is looking at it. There is probably a quarter of a miles of gardens, memorials, fountains and complex staircases and ramps to get up to the building and when you get to the top its a great view of downtown. Its a fun area to walk around.
I agree. You can't miss it as part of Des Moines's skyline, and then you have the gold dome catching your eye too. And the 4 domes on each corner help make the whole building look beautiful and balanced. And you can see it sitting up on Capitol Hill from way down the street. It helps that Des Moines's downtown is very nice too.
I personally would have given Wisconsin's more credit for two reasons. Context and interiors. For context, it's position on the Madison isthmus, located at the exact center of the city with roads leading to each of the 4 sides, it just works so well asthetically. Combine that with it's scale compared to the rest of Madison and it just feels like I would expect a capitol to feel. You could put any building in it's spot and it would feel important. Then you go inside, and the interiors are just simply incredible. The massive deep green stone blocks that make up the perimeter of the rotunda, combined with the pink rhyolite highlights everywhere just leads to one of the most colorful and incredible capitol spaces I have ever been in. It's astonishingly beautiful. Don't sleep on the interiors
One of the reason's for Wisconsin's capital building being the right scale is that no other building in Madison is supposed to stand taller than it. To the extent that there is a building at UW that is taller but in order for it to be allowed the first couple of floors are actually below ground level.
Also I could be wrong but didn't the original plans have the dome in WI be larger than the US Capitol? And then that plan got shot down by the federal government.
@@wiscomptonfinest So essentially, by volume the US capitol some is larger by 60,000 cubic feet (790,000 to 850,000) but the Wisconsin Capitol is taller by some 16 feet and a couple inches (when measuring from the ground level. This doesn't include it's prominence being on a hill in the center of Madison, while the US capitol is on mostly flat ground, despite what the term "Capitol Hill" suggests.) It's generally speaking, going to feel slightly larger.
As a lifelong Springfield, Illinoisan- I thank you for 1. Knowing Chicago is not the capital and 2. Featuring our capitol building without contrast to the former Hilton down the road.
After laughing out loud at Virginia's capitol looking like a Governors mansion I thought it would be really cool to see a ranking on all the Governors mansions. what ya think, Kyle?
This guy: “it’s a shame that this building is so small for it being in such a big state.” Also this guy: “it doesn’t have to be a huge building, because a lot of these were built before the state was heavily populated”
Like the list. Pretty much agreed on the top spectacular. Thanks for giving the West Virginia a thumbs up. I was one of the inspectors overseeing the painting and guilding process of the dome back in 2004 and 2005.
@Bob Parzych not really a shithole at all. Some of the best education, very safe suburbs, directly in between Boston and New York, well put together towns, close to great beaches, solid colleges and actually ranks as having the most attractive women. Sooo pretty good to me
Driving to Harrisburg from the other side of the Susquehanna River is beautiful. The capital building is visible from the river and the Harrisburg skyline is quite lovely.
Me: Wow, the oregon capitol looks like a Mormon Temple GK: What the hell is this thing? It looks like it could be the headquarters of a cult! Me: GUFFAW!!!
Putting Oregon at #42 was pretty generous. The only way it works is that it looks like the freehub inside of a bicycle wheel and we're big on bikes (but unless you've taken apart a rear wheel of a bike you wouldn't know what a freehub looks like).
Nebraska's capitol is easily the favorite that I've visted. Beyond the high-rise (that you can go up to) the interior is by far the prettiest. It really wants to be an ancient roman monument for some reason. The entire floor is a beautiful mural of the creation myth all made by hand. It's truly outstanding and if you are an artist especially it's something you shouldn't miss if you're passing through Lincoln.
Thanks! While our capital building is sometimes referred to as "the prairie penis," I agree. It's certainly one of the more-unique ones in the list here. It should definitely be higher on the list.
@Dylan Báez 🇺🇦 could have been, it's not the largest building nor the most prominent. If you drove through Lincoln you should've seen it though along with memorial stadium.
@@MaasMachine I hate when I go on vacation some place and I get the "so, you folks all from Wesconsin" I refrain from relying "no you inbred moron, I'm actually from Easconsin. I I can pronounce the name of there city or state properly why can't they pronounce mine And here and I go and use there instead of their and punch in a double I. 😖
As a Canadian, I can tell you half of our capital buildings look like none but the one in NY. The Gothic look of Albany does share a lot with the National Assembly (Still a Province still but just Quebec being uppity)in Quebec City, the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, and to a lesser Extent Queens Park in Toronto and the Provincial Legislature in Victoria BC.
I'm super biased because I live in Utah, but I think Utah's Capitol should be in the top 5. Especially in person it's absolutely stunning, and it's really cool how you can see it almost anywhere in the city. It has surprisingly very nice grounds too. The view looking down on the Salt Lake Valley from the steps of the Captitol is also breathtaking.
It was designed by Thomas Jefferson to look like an ancient temple. Instead of a temple housing the gods, it housed the government because it was of its importance.
When I was on business there for 4 months in Richmond, I thought it was the governors mansion or something. I walked around on the porch and read that it was the capitol.
I’ve been to the Wisconsin state capitol. It is absolutely GORGEOUS on the inside. The architecture, the paintings, everything is just so beautifully done.
@@encycl07pedia- Wisconsinites are awesome what do you mean? That only makes it better :). So many sweet people. Well, except the governor. Politicians aren’t always very good, but that’s true everywhere.
@@morningrosie3684 lol. No. Very trashy people. I've been there: mostly vitriolic drunkards. The ESFY chant at Badgers games says all you need to know about Wisconsin. I guess it's better than LSU's "Neck," but that bar is subterranean.
I'm from Iowa. I hoped our capitol would be high on the list, and we got second place. I also noticed the Midwestern states are really good at capitol buildings.
As an Iowan who's originally from California, both my states made it into the top 10. Woo! Honestly I like a few of the other capitol buildings a bit better architecturally... but the California capitol in particular will always have a special place in my heart (Sacramento being the city I was born in and all).
Being a Connecticut native, I was hoping you would rank our capitol high. I'm 64 and have seen it my entire life and am still in awe when I see it again. Thank you for a nice video!
Every morning I wake up, open my front door, and have the PA State Capitol sitting on a hill, in front of a beautiful River, in my full view. How lucky I am.
Being from NC, it was sad to see us so far down the list lol but better than North Dakota’s capitol building which looks like an insane asylum... Great video!
@@hunterkemmet4394 I agree. Actually, I see a great deal of potential precisely because the building is so nondescript and it has that huge green space in front of it. Now all it would take is for North Dakotans to WANT/demand a beautiful State Capitol building. That takes money. Good luck with that.
As someone from North Dakota... .our state capital building is Art Deco, with bas relief brass elevator doors, beautiful light fixtures, and amazing woodwork. If you like Art Deco, it is a gem. It was designed by Joseph Bell DeRemer, who also designed various libraries, churches, schools, university buildings, temples, and houses in North Dakota. But unless you have seen someplace with your own eyes, it is easy to make assumptions. I've been to the Carolinas, but haven't seen enough of either state to make an assumption,as that would be narrow minded of me.
@@abideinmylove Perhaps you should look up, online, what the interior of the North Dakota capitol building looks like. It is an amazing example of Art Deco architecture.
As a Hawaiian are capitol is suppose to represent a volcano. The state capitol was not built until March 15, 1969. They used Iolani Palace as the capitol. I know it's a joke but don't dis it. Are country was taken.
I’d rank Hawaii in the top ten. Not from there, but visited. Creative, unique, expresses the place, impressive, with beautiful grounds and great outdoor spaces IN the building!
I love all State Capitols but the one that is really outstanding to me is Pennsylvania State Capitol; it really is like the seat of Parliament of an independent Republic, it's anesthetics is unique; with a little touch of green and surrounded by neoclassical rectangular shaped buildings with lots of columns it's really beautiful. I really love it 💘❤💕💖
i'm from connecticut and visiting our capitol building in elementary school is a highlight of every ct kid's year as the building is absolutely stunning and the grounds are so detailed with artwork and incredible details
My Grandma ran a lunch cafe in the New York capital for years. As a kid, I loved visiting her and walking up and down that million dollar staircase. It’s amazing!
I'm really happy that Minnesota got a good ranking because my dad was the electrician for the MN house of reps for quite a few years and I even got to help with the remodel!
I like Nevada's Capitol. It's small, but when I walked inside, I thought it had a very "old western" feel about it. It seemed to match the small town vibe in Carson City. Although I can't say I think it's outstanding architecture. Some monumental building would feel out of place there.
I would hope that the furniture in the reception areas would be formal "Old West Victorian" mahogany furniture, upholstered in damask, with plush draperies at the windows. . .
GeoKing, I love Louisiana's old state capitol overlooking the Mississippi River...but I want you to be aware that Mark Twain _hated_ it. He'd cruise past it on the River and just hate on it.
The inside of Wisconsin's Capitol building is beautiful. My favorite part is that the roof is actually open to visitors so you can go up to the top of the dome!
In a country where at least in theory the people are to govern themselves, and the leaders are not kings to be worshipped, why should government buildings be most grand? The people pay to build and maintain the buildings, and the “public servants” get to work there. They do not create wealth, they just consume it, and redistribute it. It seems like they’ve tricked us: they get to be in charge, collect the taxes from us, and then we feel bad because their building isn’t nice enough? We pretend it is “our” building, but that’s nonsense. Compare the conditions politicians work in to the armed forces. Let the politicians work in tents I say!
The Virginia Capitol is definitely Top 5. Built 1785-1788 and designed by Thomas Jefferson after the Maison Carree (an ancient Roman temple) in Nimes, France, it is the 2nd oldest state capitol in the U.S. Houdon's life-size marble statue of George Washington located in the building's rotunda is perhaps the most valuable piece of sculpture in America. The Virginia Capitol is a masterpiece!
I Agree. I do not think he took historical significance in Consideration. The reason most Government Buildings have that Neo-classical design is because of Virginia's.
Exactly! In fact, Jefferson intentionally didn't want it to appear too opulent, because the US had just declared one monarchy of Europe was guilty of extorting their subjects while the ruling class lived lavishly. The VA state capitol is toned down on purpose.
I was appalled to see so important and elegantly designed a building so low on the list. This was the first sgnificant project of Jefferson's architectural career. To claim that Virginia's history deserves a more significant building is to completely misunderstand Virginia's History.
The first time I took the train into Hartford, I was amazed to look up and see that beautiful capitol building towering over Bushnell Park. I clicked on this video hoping CT would get first, and I was not disappointed! :)
I honestly was worried Connecticut would be a lot lower but I was pleasantly surprised. The reasoning behind this is the fact that the Connecticut Capitol is sort of tucked away and when you are driving on I-84 or I-91 you don't tend to really notice it. It also could be the fact that Its the capitol of the state I live in making it not feel particularly special. Might just be me though.
@@rura15 I feel like this building is one of the few things left in Hartford that led Mart Twain to call it the most beautiful town in the world. Connecticut and Hartford should be scrutinized as an example of the worst possible urban and transit planning. It's honestly sickening.
Oh man I loved this video, your honest roasting of the buildings was so fantastic. "The grounds are so small a old grandma could throw a football across it." best line!
The architect for Minnesota’s state capitol was Cass Gilbert, who was also responsible for the Woolworth Building in New York City. Also: San Francisco’s City Hall definitely bears comparison to a lot of state capitol buildings! (Your next stop: City Halls and County Courthouses?)
Was just in San Francisco and was completely blown away by their city hall, it’s extremely elegant and refined for the city hall of a city with only 800,000 people.
Nebraska's Capitol building was designed by Bertram Goodhue, the same Architect who designed the public library of Los Angeles. A high rise design was chosen with the idea that the building good could be seen across the vast and flat plains of the state. The attention to detail and symbolism goes even deeper as the interior of the building contains intricate designs in the doors, floor, and ceiling. Also, the man at the top is known as the Sower, and paying homage to Nebraska's agriculture background, he is simulating sowing seeds into a field. As a young Nebraskan who took Nebraska history in the 4th and 11th grade I felt the need to share some of the cool facts about our awesome Capitol!
It's true that the exterior of the Washington capitol in Olympia was filthy at the time of the photo, but it has since been cleaned back to its original bright white stone and looks gorgeous. The interior is awesome and the capitol campus group of buildings is almost unique in the country.
Fun fact about the SD capitol floor: Every worker is said to have been given one bright blue tile to place wherever they liked on the floor, and the tiles fit visually.
The domed capitol in FL isn't even in use anymore. It's a museum Yes, that high rise behind it is the new capitol. Instead of upgrading the domed one, they built an ugly office tower. You had one job, Florida. ONE JOB. But hey, at least, the domed capitol was saved from demolition
I agree, I live in the capital (Tallahassee) and I really don’t like looking at it every day, I wish they had done a better job. It is very traditional and beautiful on the inside though.
The original building reminds me of North Old Florida buildings, and the high-rise reminds me of the multitude of high-rises built here in the past 70 years. It seems very fitting for Florida, especially after considering the natural beauty around it, causing one one to think that perhaps none of this should have been built in the state at all.
When I saw Connecticuts capital for the first time, I said to my mother, “Wow mom, we’ve got to check out that cathedral!” We later found out it was the state house. Still, very beautiful inside and out!
Every Alaskan when our capitol ranked last:
"Yeah, we're aware."
Well, for me it's prettier than Massachusetts'.
@@somercet1 yeah I getchu, it's just that there are much prettier places than that in Alaska. Still works though.
ppl in alaska b like: wtm for tonight😈😈
you live in alaska bro nothing😭😭💀
I'd move you up to like 45-40 personally seeing some of this crap.
It's pretty fitting for Alaska. "You need a building, here's a building. You need pretty? Go literally anywhere outside."
Virginia: "It looks more like a plantation house" well, it makes sense
Yea
Just go down the road a ways to Thomas Jefferson's Montichello to see an /actual/ plantation house ;\
It was designed by TJ... very on brand
@@jasoncox7244 ay go hoos
Virginia gang
This video should be named "Roasting every Capitol in the US"
Ikr.
or roasting the worse ones.
Except CT baby
MIne is Washington, Oregon, New York, Pennsylvania.
I'm lmao
I'm happy to see PA's capitol in the top three. Take a tour of the inside: it's twice as gorgeous as the outside.
PA’s capitol would be #1 in my list. It looks great
Looking forward to doing that next week.
PA really is impressive.
Guys goes to Athens: Why these greek temples looks like Plantation House??
It’s interesting the Greek temple forms were brought to America solely because Greek Democracy was the “hip” and “cool” trend at the time as it was a “temple of government” which was a neat idea at the time
@@thecrazeecow1682 So America was founded on the idea of Paganism?
@@AlexS-oj8qf Plagiarism possibly.
@Sam Ham 🤨
@Sam Ham How is the Catholic Church pagan, they have one god.
If I had a dollar for every time this man said that a capitol building wasn’t quite right I could afford college
Maybe 1000 for each time, unless you have a very cheap college
@@ThisUpdateIsBS it’s called a j o k e you might’ve heard of one
@@yasmin-m-07 I know that, just felt like being a dick today
@@ThisUpdateIsBS understandable, have a great day
Like going to college, or owning a college. Use your words
Oregon's looks that way because the first TWO capitols burned to the ground. So they made one out of ROCK.
Thanks for defending my state’s capital
Next time try using more than one rock
@@stmisbehavin662 HAHAHAHAHA! It's all marble. You should see the inside. At least it's practical. THIS one won't burn down.
I'm from Oregon and the outside is meh but the inside is gorgeousssss
Yeah Oregon’s (where I live so I get to have an opinion) is sorta meh. It looks like it had bigger plans that fell through.
1:32 as a Virginian, I find it wild that you didn't mention the historical aspect of the building (designed by Thomas Jefferson, used as inspiration for the u.s capitol, etc) nor the sick underground part lol
Also the building behind it is old city hall, and it is indeed very cool
@@leablade that's what I said. That is a castle and was Richmonds last city hall
Yeah, like I get not #1 but you really putting some of the dozens of boring domed ones ahead of that? Lame.
That was the only one that I thought was outright questionable. Even if you don't care about the history, it just seems like an underwhelming building, whereas a lot of the ones ahead of it had glaring specific criticisms
What do you mean? He said it looks like a plantation house
State Capitol: Exists
Geography King: "It just doesn't look quite right"
Yeah, what exactly is he looking for lol?
But my state got 2nd lmao
🤣🤣🤣
Somebody's Capitol got a low rank
Underrated comment 😂
Summary for the first 25(ish) states:
"This is an ugly building, doesn't fit for a capitol building, doesn't represent the state properly, god it's so ugly"
Orestis P or it looks like a plantation house
@@blainew79 I kinda like the old plantation style, its kinda a merge between classical roman and American prairie architecture, tho my least favorite the the heavily brutalist styled high rise ones.
bioenthusiast yeah I like them too, I was just saying how the first 25 buildings he talked about included what the person listed in the comment plus what I said, but I agree with you I like the plantation style, my favorite capital building is Oklahoma though gotta support the home team, if only we didn’t have that ugly oil rig in front of the building lol
@@blainew79 yea it kinda takes away from the capital a bit, but i doubt it will be there for a super long time.
bioenthusiast yeah hopefully not it’s beautiful inside though
“Its kind of a mess.. but thats really fitting for new jersey” how wonderful
I've been to New Jersey and from what I say "...it's kind of a mess...but that's really fitting for New Jersey..." is accurately appropriate. Sorry
Their architecture is like their tax codes...
@@derbagger22 more like all of our laws
I live in and love New Jersey but I got a laugh from that
New Jersey is the garbage plate of America, a delicious dumpster fire
Oh wow, I'm from Connecticut and was not expecting this.
The Capitol is nice, but the capital city is a cesspool.
As an Iowan, Im equally as surprised. The only lists we usually rank high on are farm statistics, campaign primaries, and meth rates.
I can see why you were't expecting it. It is pretty tacky --- over the top. Proportions are out of whack. The dome is too tall and skinny for the building. Actually it is kind of cool because it is a bit different from so many, which look basically alike.
Connecticut's looks like a church building fused with a state capitol. It does have a foreign feel.
why are you here
As a CT native. Its nice to hear someone say something nice about the st state. Even if it's just about the capital building.
I did not expect Connecticut as the #1. It makes me a little more proud to live here.
@@tophu7903 I was surprised too, especially since I have lived in both New York and Pennsylvania that have amazing Capitol buildings. But I gotta say, that location on a prominence overlooking Bushnell Park is killer.
I’ve always thought ours was the prettiest!
I’m from New Jersey and I’m still waiting
@@tophu7903 Well Connecticut is one of the original 13 colonies, and played a key role in the independence of the United States of America. So I'll give them the win! (:
I love how alaska smashes some random pillars at the entrance to convince people it's a state capitol.
And how they had to spell out "Alaska State Capitol" on the front...
At least most of the other 49 stand out enough that people can probably figure out what it is, but Alaska had to spell it out because they built something way too bland.
I've also heard part of why it's like that is because they didn't get much land set aside for a capitol building, which is pretty ironic for the state with the most land area...
Dude there's only 5 of us here, what the hell we need a bigger building for 😂
@@PharrowlOG well considering that Juneau has been surrounded by the Tongass for more than 100 years, which, besides logging, we have not been allowed to access or develop due to federal park regulations. The Capitol building has a pretty interesting story, originally be a school and for some time a prison
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@@PharrowlOG Alaska Capitol: "Does what it says on the label". :-)
holy hell growing up in austin texas, i assumed every state had a capitol as nice as ours. this makes me a lot appreciative of ours and our state. thanks for another great video king!
Nope
Big Nigga yup
I visited three years ago and did the free tour of the interior and learned about the Six Flags. It is really impressive, but seeing this I'm really sad now that I missed the amazing exposed underground part.
The Texas Capitol is made of sunset red granite, quarried in Burnet county. The pink or red color comes from large amounts of the mineral orthoclase feldspar in the granite. As the amount of orthoclase feldspar increases in the granite, the color becomes pinker. It isn't "dirty", nor in need of a power wash...
@@Austin8thGenTexan I got unreasonably mad when he called it dirty. It’s clearly pink and intentionally that color
I'm really happy to see Iowa's state capitol building ranked so high. It's a gem, and Des Moines is truly a city deserving of more hype than it gets. The Old Capitol in Iowa City is also quite pretty, being the center of the University of Iowa's Pentacrest.
Timestamp please?
@@gabmalagonpersonal18:32
@@bellemagura thank you
@danielcoulthardjr6608 Shhh.... Don't praise our city too loudly. The Californians will hear you and come here to ruin it.🤣🤣
Take a shot every time he says:
“doesn’t look quite right”
“It’s a nice building but it’s not a great state capitol”
“Looks like a plantation house”
You’ll die before number 20
“That traditional style”
"looks like it went through a dust storm and wasn't cleaned up"
“Not one of the best”
Well, he did start with his least favorite. Once you get past the lowest 17, the remaining 33 have positive reviews.
"The dome doesnt quite fit"
Texas’ Capitol is pink granite (native stone) so that “dustiness” you don’t like isn’t dirt, it’s a different color, which is part of what I like about it. The dome is cast iron and they repaint it every 12 years to match the stone. Depending on when you visited, you may have thought the dome didn’t match because it needed a paint job.
The story was that the Univ. of Texas couldn’t build the high rise end zone stands on the north end of Memorial Stadium until after Ladybird Johnson died. She had an apartment on the top floor of the LBJ Library which had a view of the Texas state capital building between the east and west stands of the stadium. The university promised not to obscure that view while she was alive. She lived to be quite old so UT didn’t start construction on those stands until then.
It’s a living museum... it’s construction was exchanged for 3,050,000 acres of land in the Texas panhandle that became known as the XIT ranch... XIT standing for ‘10 in Texas’, because it spans 10 counties.
@@markodom3841 UT Texas-Ex here (Class of '05) I never knew that. That must have been a great view for Lady Bird!
@@Texaslawhorn Ladybird died in July of ‘07, and they started immediately thereafter on the $149 million north end upper deck and had it opened for the start of the ‘08 football season. That pushed the stadium capacity to almost 99,000 at the time. My daughter was a student then (class of ‘12).
@@markodom3841 Bout. The time they forgot how to Football !!
"The Virginia state capitol looks like a plantation house."
Me, a Virginian: "Well...duh, it's Virginia. That was kind of our thing."
seems it still is have you seen how much those old homes go for?!? When I think virginia, I think of big ol' white plantation homes and Richmond.
"Virginia State Capital Building looks like a plantation house." As a former Virginia resident, that is just one more reason why it needs to be torn down and replaced with a replica of the North Korean Capital Building. They want to experience what life is like under communism, let's start by making Richmond look like Pyongyang.
@@michaelhargus4316 Yeah... Fuck y'all governor man. He's wack... And racist
@@ponysoftonline4533 imagine having a racist profile picture but call others racist lol
@@MajorMlgNoob XD ikr imagine being someone who judges a book by it's cover instead of asking for context. Hate to be that guy...
I’ve lived most of my life in Nebraska, and we’re quite proud of our capitol. I love that you can see it from miles away when you drive to Lincoln. If you walk around the outside, you’ll see the names of all 93 counties. The statue of The Sower on top of the dome tells that we are predominantly an agricultural state. It’s been years since I took a tour and heard the history, but it really is a beautiful building.
It is my absolute favorite non-dome state capitol design. It's sophisiticated, a bit exotic and unexpected. One day I will get there.
I love the how each of the 4 courtyards plant a different crop in it. Easy to get lost in the winter and spring times though.
Fellow Nebraskan here... greetings! I agree. I hadn't really seen many other state capitals before (the only other one I've been inside is Wisconsin's) but the striking and unique architecture of Nebraska's capital building should put it even higher than 12!
Until this video, I’d never seen what it looks like, and I really admire it. It makes a statement without that Georgian/Palladian/whatever architecture favored by so many Capitol architects. It rocks.
YES! Get 15 minutes out of town in any direction and you can still see it.
DEFINITELY should have included at least 1 picture of each Capitol building at NIGHT. Living outside Sacramento, that building at night is pretty boss when it's lit up. It would be so cool to see some of these other buildings lit at night. I bet that Connecticut building at night looks BADASS
I was going to say this too. I live in Iowa, so I was happy with the list, but capitols like Wisconsin and Kansas look badass at night
Wisconsin capitol is magical, plus in the summer all the birdwatchers go there with field glasses to lie on the lawn watching the many different species of night birds gobbling the millions of insects that fly around the untitled floodlights illuminating the dome of the Capitol building. Odd yet really sweet, dozens of birdwatchers laid out on the lawn staining up through binoculars shouting Latin names of birds to one another. The citizens are used to them, but it startles the tourists.
The Utah state Capitol is amazing at night
It does
Connecticut resident here - yes. It really does.
“My capital finna be high up there, it’s fucking badass”
“Michigan might have the ugliest state Capitol with a traditional style dome”.
😭
Yep :(
🤣🤣🤣
No one lives in Lansing anyway lmao (I live just outside Grand Rapids)
@@ikiasoul I live on the outskirts of Detroit, it’s cool.
@@HelloIamCloudy Detroit gets a bad rep honestly. It has its problems, yes, but also it’s not a terrible place. (I’ve been there for marching band competitions so I haven’t seen too much of the bad) also, it’s right next to Canada, which is always a good thing.
The inside of Utah's Capitol is absolutely gorgeous.
Yeah, he really missed out on a big part of its beauty. Also thought it was strange that he didn't show a single picture of the front of the building
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I thought Utah would be top 3. If you count how nice the people are around there it should be number 1. Some guys pulled their car over to see if I wanted them to take my picture.
@@michaelcrossley5661 Goodness, they sound friendly! In southern Ohio where I live, people are assholes.
Yeah! Its gorgeous inside
Utah capitol is the best, imo.
I was born and raised in West Virginia and I was always surprised by the state Capitol. It does not surprise me that it ranked so high. It has always been in the top 10 of state capitols. The building combines Victorian, British Colonial, and neo classical all in one. West Virginia's state Capitol has always been in close competition to our nation's Capitol.
As someone from Iowa, it’s nice to be in the top 3 for something that isn’t agriculture related
Agreed.
State capital number 2 let's go
In my totally not biased opinion Iowa's capital building is the best
BRO FOR REAL 🙌
And meth rates
Definitely did NOT expect to sit through a 20-minute color commentary of a total stranger saying what he thinks about all 50 state capitols. My favorite part is how unapologetic he is about the fact that it's just what he likes. I laughed out loud more than once, and learned something along the way. (Can someone start a GoFundMe for Alaska?)
Let's do it
Pay for your own State Capitol. Their called taxes. 😁
You forgot Kansas 😢
I think theyve got the money
As an Iowan, my favorite is still Wisconsin's. The building isn't the greatest, but the setting and how it fits into downtown Madison is perfect. The sight lines from street level all look up to the great white dome on the hill sandwiched between two lakes.
Biased since I’m from Wisconsin, but I agree it’s at least a top 3 for me. While the building sits in a dignified position, it doesn’t feel divorced from the cityscape and is very approachable.
As a Californian, while I love mine and her ranking, I love your capitol and sometimes wish ours resembled Iowa's.
I fell down the steps to the wi capital
I’d say the Iowa capitol is my favorite, but I might be biased because that’s the only one I’ve been to in real life, not just in pictures
As a Wisconsinite, #1 for me was Pennsylvania, Wisconsin’s would be up there somewhere
I was SO pleasantly surprised by Nebraska’s capitol. The inside is absolutely incredible.
Here here🍻
Oklahoma's Capitol is the most Oklahoma thing imaginable.
It’s not Oklahoman if it doesn’t scream “we have oil!”
Thanks
@hmg99 Hello fellow Tulsan! We’re all about that black gold
I can agree 100%
Yeah we got oil here
A fricking lot
The Texas state capitol isn't really dusty/dirty. Its just the material. I believe its built from pink granite from the hill country to the west. Unlike most capitols which are made from marble.
To non-Texans, everything from here gets docked at least 5 points just by virtue of the fact it's from Texas
Exactly, I actually live in Austin and I’m going to revisit the capitol in 3 days! But Texas capitol has a unique color, not like white or colors like that
@TrundleTheGreat Nice?! They're glorious! The outside is built of fine Texas Granite ( we mine grey, red and pink, of such quality they are in high demand as tombstones) The geology professors at U T and Texas A & M bring their students on field trips to identify and admire the many types of granite and marble imported from all over the world to face the interior columns and inlaid floors. The builders wanted the public to be edified and enriched when they viewed the Texas Capitol building, and they succeeded. The Statue of Liberty on the dome holds a sword and lifts high a gilded Lone Star. Classy.
That’s the most beautiful 😍 imo
I liked it. Doing comments on 50 of anything is hard to not get boring and repetitive, but you pulled it off. Nice job.
Color: Tan
Him: "Dirty-dusty"
Color: Beige.
Him: "Dirty-dusty"
Color: Off white
Him: "Dirty-dusty"
Texas' capitol building standing proud with its native Austin pink limestone. "It also kind of has that dirty dusty look to it" -Geography King
Take a shot every time he says:
“doesn’t look quite right”
“It’s a nice building but it’s not a great state capitol”
“Looks like a plantation house”
You’ll die before number 20
@@hugoflores4095 "And I'm just nit picking now" 🥃
I'm from CT and I 100% agree. Our capitol is really gorgeous and also sits up on a bit of a hill and has beautiful grounds as well as a lovely park right there. I have always liked all the statues.
It does look epic though compared to Alabama's. But I like all capitols the same. But living in the Capitol city of Alabama starts feeling nostalgia. The first Alabama capitol burned down. But I would like to visit Connecticut someday it is one of the states I'm really want to go to. And maybe I can check out its capitol! 👍
Nice Comment!
It's a great building, for sure. To bad Hartford is so ghetto. I remember when the city was nice, and fun, even though it's pretty small..
@@markrichards6863 It's not that bad, although I haven't spent much time there in a long time. It's like most cities with good and bad areas.
As an Iowan who lives in Des Moines (even though not at the moment), I can confirm the capitol building always turns heads no matter who is looking at it. There is probably a quarter of a miles of gardens, memorials, fountains and complex staircases and ramps to get up to the building and when you get to the top its a great view of downtown. Its a fun area to walk around.
I now want to visit
Couldn’t believe it wasn’t #1
I love iowa, best state, corn for the win amazing outstanding fresh air pigs soy beans steak
I am from Iowa and every time I drive through Des Moines this is the building that you just cant miss.
I agree. You can't miss it as part of Des Moines's skyline, and then you have the gold dome catching your eye too. And the 4 domes on each corner help make the whole building look beautiful and balanced. And you can see it sitting up on Capitol Hill from way down the street. It helps that Des Moines's downtown is very nice too.
I personally would have given Wisconsin's more credit for two reasons. Context and interiors. For context, it's position on the Madison isthmus, located at the exact center of the city with roads leading to each of the 4 sides, it just works so well asthetically. Combine that with it's scale compared to the rest of Madison and it just feels like I would expect a capitol to feel. You could put any building in it's spot and it would feel important. Then you go inside, and the interiors are just simply incredible. The massive deep green stone blocks that make up the perimeter of the rotunda, combined with the pink rhyolite highlights everywhere just leads to one of the most colorful and incredible capitol spaces I have ever been in. It's astonishingly beautiful.
Don't sleep on the interiors
And the grand hill it sits on. This is a top three for me, and I am from London, so I have no bias.
One of the reason's for Wisconsin's capital building being the right scale is that no other building in Madison is supposed to stand taller than it. To the extent that there is a building at UW that is taller but in order for it to be allowed the first couple of floors are actually below ground level.
Also I could be wrong but didn't the original plans have the dome in WI be larger than the US Capitol? And then that plan got shot down by the federal government.
Yea but it's filled with stinky liberals
@@wiscomptonfinest So essentially, by volume the US capitol some is larger by 60,000 cubic feet (790,000 to 850,000) but the Wisconsin Capitol is taller by some 16 feet and a couple inches (when measuring from the ground level. This doesn't include it's prominence being on a hill in the center of Madison, while the US capitol is on mostly flat ground, despite what the term "Capitol Hill" suggests.) It's generally speaking, going to feel slightly larger.
“It looks like a headquarters for a cult”
😂😂😂😂
I thought the same thing tbh at first
@@maccamardo5412 lol me too.... reminds me of a Mormon church I once saw
The Mormon church came to mind when I saw it
I read this right as he said this. Wtf?
I also thought it looked like an LDS church lol.
As a lifelong Springfield, Illinoisan-
I thank you for 1. Knowing Chicago is not the capital and 2. Featuring our capitol building without contrast to the former Hilton down the road.
Your capait is very nice I saw it earlier today
I've lived in Springfield all but 2 years of my 46 years. It is a very nice capitol. Just wish our city ranked a bit higher
Ohio’s state capital is so underwhelming because it’s enclosed by 500ft skyscrapers
And because Mike DeWine lives there rn
The funny thing is the interior of Ohio's is one of the cooler and unique capitols I've seen.
At least DeWine has taken a stand against tearing down the Columbus statue. That'll keep it from getting any worse.
@@AN474-e1o why do you care
@@donny3398 Because I live in Columbus.
"Montana does a different landscape depending on the year"
2020: *sets capitol on fire*
Well the west suburbs of Helena almost burnt down this fall so...
I’m from Helena Montana and I thought that was just something all capitals did 😂 I never appreciated it. I was sure we would get ranked as worst
@@louandlilly Same. I was really surprised that we ranked in the middle.
@@emmalyondelsordo9740 Yeah my grandparents house almost got burned down
At least we don’t have a capitol in Butte, it would be a trailer park.
You gave North Dakota’s TOO MUCH CREDIT
Well the North Dakota Capitol is a massive aesthetic improvement over both the Oregon and Alaska Capitols.
Yeah why wasn't it the worst?
I think he gave it pity points
Honestly North Dakota should have been #49, that one’s almost as disappointing as Alaska’s.
After laughing out loud at Virginia's capitol looking like a Governors mansion I thought it would be really cool to see a ranking on all the Governors mansions. what ya think, Kyle?
This guy: “it’s a shame that this building is so small for it being in such a big state.”
Also this guy: “it doesn’t have to be a huge building, because a lot of these were built before the state was heavily populated”
North Carolina's state capitol building was built before the Civil War... NC has changed just a bit since then!
I noticed that goofy statement when he was talking about Ohio.
Like the list. Pretty much agreed on the top spectacular. Thanks for giving the West Virginia a thumbs up. I was one of the inspectors overseeing the painting and guilding process of the dome back in 2004 and 2005.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked the video.
Me hoping CT wasn’t last, then realizing it’s ranked 1st 👁👄👁
*spoiler alert*
Hell yeah! CT represent!
Downtown Hartford is pretty nice. The work they did to the Colt Armory is awesome. So nice to see the Colt Armory from the highway.
@Bob Parzych not really a shithole at all. Some of the best education, very safe suburbs, directly in between Boston and New York, well put together towns, close to great beaches, solid colleges and actually ranks as having the most attractive women. Sooo pretty good to me
I was thinking the exact same thing
Driving to Harrisburg from the other side of the Susquehanna River is beautiful. The capital building is visible from the river and the Harrisburg skyline is quite lovely.
Me: Wow, the oregon capitol looks like a Mormon Temple
GK: What the hell is this thing? It looks like it could be the headquarters of a cult!
Me: GUFFAW!!!
Putting Oregon at #42 was pretty generous. The only way it works is that it looks like the freehub inside of a bicycle wheel and we're big on bikes (but unless you've taken apart a rear wheel of a bike you wouldn't know what a freehub looks like).
LITERALLY SAME. LOL.
I’m Mormon
@@trishafreel4986 my condolences
Did some one die?
Oh yes. When I think of Alaska, I think of a boring bank building. Seriously Alaska, get it together
Alaska's capital building should be a GIANT BEAR. Also, why is the dictator of North Korea into all of the same videos that I am.
The state has top notch natural beauty,
the architecture is irrelevant.
Alaska says “If you want pretty go outside or look out the window.”
Yes daddy
Are you gonna nuke it?
Didn't know I would enjoy watching a man being absolutely SAVAGE to the state capitols. Thanks, RUclips's random algorithm
Nebraska's capitol is easily the favorite that I've visted. Beyond the high-rise (that you can go up to) the interior is by far the prettiest. It really wants to be an ancient roman monument for some reason. The entire floor is a beautiful mural of the creation myth all made by hand. It's truly outstanding and if you are an artist especially it's something you shouldn't miss if you're passing through Lincoln.
Thanks! While our capital building is sometimes referred to as "the prairie penis," I agree. It's certainly one of the more-unique ones in the list here. It should definitely be higher on the list.
Creation is not a myth, that would be evolution.
@@stuartjohnson5686 the creation myth is many mythologies.
As a Nebraskan when you're taking I-80 east toward Lincoln and the capitol starts peeking out over the horizon. You see it miles out and it's great.
Same with Louisiana. Grew up in New Orleans, went to college at LSU, so I know all about Baton Rouge.
@Dylan Báez 🇺🇦 could have been, it's not the largest building nor the most prominent. If you drove through Lincoln you should've seen it though along with memorial stadium.
I’m constantly traveling towards Omaha or Lincoln and it shows you it’s the end of the countryside
The inside of the Nebraska capitol is gorgeous. I'm so glad to have seen it.
unfortunately the only time ive been in nebraska is in the middle of the night, going elsewhere
The other cool thing about Wisconsin’s capitol is that there are many fossils in the marble around the building.
Many fossils inside the building as well.
@@701068
The same could be said for pretty much any government building
I am a wisconsinite
@@MaasMachine
I hate when I go on vacation some place and I get the "so, you folks all from Wesconsin" I refrain from relying "no you inbred moron, I'm actually from Easconsin. I I can pronounce the name of there city or state properly why can't they pronounce mine
And here and I go and use there instead of their and punch in a double I. 😖
@Trash Can lol
You should do Canada’s provincial and territorial legislatures/assemblies! They have some great architecture overall imo
I visited Ottawa a couple years ago on a cross Canada road trip. I was very impressed.
Traditional Canadian architecture is beautiful.
@@martinhickman2234 I've been to Canada too. I loved it so much, I'm thinking about moving there.
As a Canadian, I can tell you half of our capital buildings look like none but the one in NY. The Gothic look of Albany does share a lot with the National Assembly (Still a Province still but just Quebec being uppity)in Quebec City, the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, and to a lesser Extent Queens Park in Toronto and the Provincial Legislature in Victoria BC.
Who cares about Canada. Its a nobody country
I'm super biased because I live in Utah, but I think Utah's Capitol should be in the top 5. Especially in person it's absolutely stunning, and it's really cool how you can see it almost anywhere in the city. It has surprisingly very nice grounds too. The view looking down on the Salt Lake Valley from the steps of the Captitol is also breathtaking.
Oregon’s capitol looks like an Mormon temple in a foreign country
or like a mausoleum in a large cemetery 😏😯
That’s exactly what I was thinking 😄 (and it’s probably what he was implying, in a subtle way)
It even has that gold little thing on top of it lol
Still it is kinda nice building. Weirdness is very American so on the scale of weirdness I'd give it a much higher rank.
@@matheushenrique5963 The golden man...
""Virginia's capital looks like a plantation house"
It probably was
It was designed by Thomas Jefferson to look like an ancient temple. Instead of a temple housing the gods, it housed the government because it was of its importance.
When I was on business there for 4 months in Richmond, I thought it was the governors mansion or something. I walked around on the porch and read that it was the capitol.
Nobody:
Geography King: *D O M E*
I’ve been to the Wisconsin state capitol. It is absolutely GORGEOUS on the inside. The architecture, the paintings, everything is just so beautifully done.
Yeah, but it's infested with Wisconsinites.
@@encycl07pedia- Wisconsinites are awesome what do you mean? That only makes it better :). So many sweet people. Well, except the governor. Politicians aren’t always very good, but that’s true everywhere.
@@morningrosie3684 lol. No. Very trashy people. I've been there: mostly vitriolic drunkards. The ESFY chant at Badgers games says all you need to know about Wisconsin. I guess it's better than LSU's "Neck," but that bar is subterranean.
The inside of the Nebraska state capitol is absolutely beautiful.
the floors and the ENORMOUS murals are stunning
Not to mention the mosaics throughout, but especially in the rotunda.
And, of course, there's the Sower.
I'm from Iowa. I hoped our capitol would be high on the list, and we got second place. I also noticed the Midwestern states are really good at capitol buildings.
@David Osterberg throw Connecticut a bone lol. Y'all get the most important caucus and, like, corn.
The Iowa dome is beautiful from the inside, as is Wisconsin’s. I suppose many others are too, so I would have been nice to see interior shots as well.
I live in Iowa, too! Can confirm, the building is BEAUTIFUL.
@@GarrettMerkin ever been a detassler? There is such a thing as too much corn.
As an Iowan who's originally from California, both my states made it into the top 10. Woo!
Honestly I like a few of the other capitol buildings a bit better architecturally... but the California capitol in particular will always have a special place in my heart (Sacramento being the city I was born in and all).
Being a Connecticut native, I was hoping you would rank our capitol high. I'm 64 and have seen it my entire life and am still in awe when I see it again. Thank you for a nice video!
Every morning I wake up, open my front door, and have the PA State Capitol sitting on a hill, in front of a beautiful River, in my full view. How lucky I am.
I like Hawaii's, it's so different from the rest. The interior isn't shown here but it's also really cool.
I agree, since it's the only one architecture daring. It looks pretty much like the Dorothy Chandler pavillon in LA, postmodernism of the 60ies.
I’ve been in the place because of a school trip and it was so cool
When I saw it I thought of Brazilian architecture for some reason. It would fit right in with gov buildings and official architecture in brasilia
@@yucol5661 Yes reminds me of the Brazilian architect Neimeyer
it looks really small
Being from NC, it was sad to see us so far down the list lol but better than North Dakota’s capitol building which looks like an insane asylum... Great video!
Come on man Its not that bad
Being from Oregon, I’m sad this guy rated our state capital below your office tower!
@@hunterkemmet4394 I agree. Actually, I see a great deal of potential precisely because the building is so nondescript and it has that huge green space in front of it. Now all it would take is for North Dakotans to WANT/demand a beautiful State Capitol building. That takes money. Good luck with that.
As someone from North Dakota... .our state capital building is Art Deco, with bas relief brass elevator doors, beautiful light fixtures, and amazing woodwork. If you like Art Deco, it is a gem. It was designed by Joseph Bell DeRemer, who also designed various libraries, churches, schools, university buildings, temples, and houses in North Dakota. But unless you have seen someplace with your own eyes, it is easy to make assumptions. I've been to the Carolinas, but haven't seen enough of either state to make an assumption,as that would be narrow minded of me.
@@abideinmylove Perhaps you should look up, online, what the interior of the North Dakota capitol building looks like. It is an amazing example of Art Deco architecture.
Hawaii's looks like a DMV in Los Angeles
Nah, it doesn't have a 500 person line wrapping around the building.
You know it looks like that?.... It was built in the last 70 years or so. Hawaii became a state in 1959
As a Hawaiian are capitol is suppose to represent a volcano. The state capitol was not built until March 15, 1969. They used Iolani Palace as the capitol. I know it's a joke but don't dis it. Are country was taken.
@@Tyso808 our*
I’d rank Hawaii in the top ten. Not from there, but visited. Creative, unique, expresses the place, impressive, with beautiful grounds and great outdoor spaces IN the building!
I love all State Capitols but the one that is really outstanding to me is Pennsylvania State Capitol; it really is like the seat of Parliament of an independent Republic, it's anesthetics is unique; with a little touch of green and surrounded by neoclassical rectangular shaped buildings with lots of columns it's really beautiful. I really love it 💘❤💕💖
I didn't know I needed to hear this guy roast the living shit out of capitol buildings but I did.
State Capitol critiquing made a nice change from my usual diet of cat videos and off-grid DIY cabin building .
Geography King: The state capital is the most prominent feature of your state
Me: _laughs in NYC_
But for real it’s a great building and I like this video
Don’t knock Albany!
“Something that the people in your state should walk by it and feel proud of it” who even goes to or through Albany to get anywhere?
Steamed Hams Lads assemble
@@ComradeTomatoTurtle I-90 runs through Albany, so literally anyone going between NY and MA
I started this video thinking Alaska's capital is definitely gonna be his least favorite
I kinda like it tbh
Me too! Though I thought NY would take the number 1 spot
we may have the worst capitol, but Juneau is one of the coolest and most unique capitals.
Hey at least we’re different lmaooooo
@@alaskancabin7506 "coolest", heh
I saw first hand the Pennsylvania Capitol building. It is an impressive sight to behold.
i'm from connecticut and visiting our capitol building in elementary school is a highlight of every ct kid's year as the building is absolutely stunning and the grounds are so detailed with artwork and incredible details
ct gang
As a new yorker, the CT capital buildings is clearly the best, but i think the NY capital building is a close second. (I like the castle look)
My Grandma ran a lunch cafe in the New York capital for years. As a kid, I loved visiting her and walking up and down that million dollar staircase. It’s amazing!
I’m from Iowa and the interior of our capital is amazing, reminds me of a mini Versailles.
I have visited several capitol buildings, and I think interiors should be part of the rating
Pennsylvania #3 ! Let's goooo !
But seriously, it's a very impressive building, especially up close
Connecticut went Gothic when everyone else was going Neo-Classical.
Gothic elements but the Building itself Not , i think Munich townhall made a better gothic look
Conn and NY look to be the only ones that tried something different
I thought it looked a bit Disneyesque.
@@jimsteele9261 the roofs have a little fantasy touvh
i love how im so bored im watching someone rank state capitols
I'm really happy that Minnesota got a good ranking because my dad was the electrician for the MN house of reps for quite a few years and I even got to help with the remodel!
I like Nevada's Capitol. It's small, but when I walked inside, I thought it had a very "old western" feel about it. It seemed to match the small town vibe in Carson City. Although I can't say I think it's outstanding architecture. Some monumental building would feel out of place there.
I would hope that the furniture in the reception areas would be formal "Old West Victorian" mahogany furniture, upholstered in damask, with plush draperies at the windows. . .
Criminal underrating of Louisiana’s Art Deco masterpiece
Yes, where else has bullet holes in the inside walls, where Huey P. Long was assonated in 1935!
I agree. It's not my cup of tea but I can still respect how well the design was executed.
I'm not even a fan of Art Deco and I think it looks good.
Wish he would have included a pic of the old state capitol.
GeoKing, I love Louisiana's old state capitol overlooking the Mississippi River...but I want you to be aware that Mark Twain _hated_ it. He'd cruise past it on the River and just hate on it.
Alaska’s State Capitol reminds me of a school building lol
Hawaii’s looks like an airport
The inside of Wisconsin's Capitol building is beautiful. My favorite part is that the roof is actually open to visitors so you can go up to the top of the dome!
As a PA boy I’m an completely shocked to see us at 3
Yeah, Alaska and North Dakota REALLY need to build themselves new state Capitols !!!
Maybe we can do a gofundme.
In a country where at least in theory the people are to govern themselves, and the leaders are not kings to be worshipped, why should government buildings be most grand?
The people pay to build and maintain the buildings, and the “public servants” get to work there. They do not create wealth, they just consume it, and redistribute it.
It seems like they’ve tricked us: they get to be in charge, collect the taxes from us, and then we feel bad because their building isn’t nice enough? We pretend it is “our” building, but that’s nonsense.
Compare the conditions politicians work in to the armed forces. Let the politicians work in tents I say!
@@kftc1980 I'm down with that.
@@kftc1980 I'm down with having nice government building if the government officials inside weren't corrupt af.
@@Mega-P71 ask yourself what, if anything, would keep them humble?
“Hawaii’s State Capitol is really unique and stands out.” Literally everyone here is either indifferent or hates it.
To me it looks like a state university's student union building.
"Roasting the 50 State Capitols" *
Would you consider ranking the city halls of major cities?
Philadelphia would be number one! The city hall is Gorgeous!
The Virginia Capitol is definitely Top 5. Built 1785-1788 and designed by Thomas Jefferson after the Maison Carree (an ancient Roman temple) in Nimes, France, it is the 2nd oldest state capitol in the U.S. Houdon's life-size marble statue of George Washington located in the building's rotunda is perhaps the most valuable piece of sculpture in America. The Virginia Capitol is a masterpiece!
I was thinking the same thing
I Agree. I do not think he took historical significance in Consideration. The reason most Government Buildings have that Neo-classical design is because of Virginia's.
Yes. Virginia and Delaware's Capitols are nice and need to be higher on the list.
Exactly! In fact, Jefferson intentionally didn't want it to appear too opulent, because the US had just declared one monarchy of Europe was guilty of extorting their subjects while the ruling class lived lavishly. The VA state capitol is toned down on purpose.
I was appalled to see so important and elegantly designed a building so low on the list. This was the first sgnificant project of Jefferson's architectural career. To claim that Virginia's history deserves a more significant building is to completely misunderstand Virginia's History.
The first time I took the train into Hartford, I was amazed to look up and see that beautiful capitol building towering over Bushnell Park. I clicked on this video hoping CT would get first, and I was not disappointed! :)
I honestly was worried Connecticut would be a lot lower but I was pleasantly surprised. The reasoning behind this is the fact that the Connecticut Capitol is sort of tucked away and when you are driving on I-84 or I-91 you don't tend to really notice it. It also could be the fact that Its the capitol of the state I live in making it not feel particularly special. Might just be me though.
@@rura15 I feel like this building is one of the few things left in Hartford that led Mart Twain to call it the most beautiful town in the world. Connecticut and Hartford should be scrutinized as an example of the worst possible urban and transit planning. It's honestly sickening.
I clicked on this assuming he meant capital cities not capital buildings. (As a city hartford definitely doesn't rank as high)
Aiyyo plz pin this bitty of a post
Intro: 0:06
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Alaska: 0:45
Nevada 1:10
Virginia 1:29
New Jersey 1:49
Florida 2:07
Tennessee 2:31
North Carolina 2:48
Ohio 3:05
Oregon 3:27
North Dakota 3:46
Michigan 4:15
Oklahoma 4:39
Arizona 5:05
Louisiana 5:23
Delaware 5:46
Hawaii 6:02
New Mexico 6:26
Alabama 6:51
New Hampshire 7:11
Maryland 7:38
Massachusetts 8:10
Georgia 8:30
Maine 8:57
Washington 9:21
Idaho 9:41
Montana 9:58
South Carolina 10:27
Vermont 10:52
Rhode Island 11:16
Kentucky 11:34
Arkansas 11:49
Missouri 12:13
Mississippi 12:34
Wyoming 12:57
Indiana 13:23
Colorado 13:38
Kansas 13:59
South Dakota 14:15
Nebraska 14:40
Utah 15:05
Wisconsin 15:23
Texas 15:48
Illinois 16:24
California 16:40
West Virginia 17:06
New York 17:34
Minnesota 17:52
Pennsylvania 18:10
Iowa 18:32
Connecticut 18:52
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Outro 19:18
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Heroic post here!
Mfw my state was the only one to not correctly link
Nebraska’s state Capitol is one of the finest examples of Art Deco in the country. Top 10 in my opinion
Yeah baby! born and raised, definitely proud of it.
It's too unicameral. 😁
Take a shot every time he says “it doesn’t look quite right”
And I'm dead
I be drunk by thirty five
Virginia should have been higher....I know it doesn’t have a “classic” dome like Texas but it was built 100 years before theirs
It looks good and is super old, it should have been higher on the list
“It was kinda a mess but thats also fitting for New Jersey.” 😂😂 you didn’t hold back! Love it
Oh man I loved this video, your honest roasting of the buildings was so fantastic. "The grounds are so small a old grandma could throw a football across it." best line!
The architect for Minnesota’s state capitol was Cass Gilbert, who was also responsible for the Woolworth Building in New York City. Also: San Francisco’s City Hall definitely bears comparison to a lot of state capitol buildings! (Your next stop: City Halls and County Courthouses?)
He also did the US Supreme Court building in DC
Minnesota’s is beautiful inside and out .
He also designed the Arkansas and West Virginia capitols.
Was just in San Francisco and was completely blown away by their city hall, it’s extremely elegant and refined for the city hall of a city with only 800,000 people.
I liked the part where he said that it just doesn’t look quite right
Nebraska's Capitol building was designed by Bertram Goodhue, the same Architect who designed the public library of Los Angeles. A high rise design was chosen with the idea that the building good could be seen across the vast and flat plains of the state. The attention to detail and symbolism goes even deeper as the interior of the building contains intricate designs in the doors, floor, and ceiling. Also, the man at the top is known as the Sower, and paying homage to Nebraska's agriculture background, he is simulating sowing seeds into a field. As a young Nebraskan who took Nebraska history in the 4th and 11th grade I felt the need to share some of the cool facts about our awesome Capitol!
It's true that the exterior of the Washington capitol in Olympia was filthy at the time of the photo, but it has since been cleaned back to its original bright white stone and looks gorgeous. The interior is awesome and the capitol campus group of buildings is almost unique in the country.
I laughed when he said West Virginia is “all about that dome”
That was a memorable part for me as well lol
I love wv
Fun fact about the SD capitol floor: Every worker is said to have been given one bright blue tile to place wherever they liked on the floor, and the tiles fit visually.
The domed capitol in FL isn't even in use anymore. It's a museum
Yes, that high rise behind it is the new capitol. Instead of upgrading the domed one, they built an ugly office tower. You had one job, Florida. ONE JOB. But hey, at least, the domed capitol was saved from demolition
I agree, I live in the capital (Tallahassee) and I really don’t like looking at it every day, I wish they had done a better job. It is very traditional and beautiful on the inside though.
I think Nevada's government has moved out of the capitol and made it a museum too.
It does look a tad bit better from an ariel view
The original building reminds me of North Old Florida buildings, and the high-rise reminds me of the multitude of high-rises built here in the past 70 years. It seems very fitting for Florida, especially after considering the natural beauty around it, causing one one to think that perhaps none of this should have been built in the state at all.
The capital should be Miami
When I saw Connecticuts capital for the first time, I said to my mother, “Wow mom, we’ve got to check out that cathedral!” We later found out it was the state house. Still, very beautiful inside and out!