State Visits
We have visited 49 States Together (& Washington DC), missing only Alaska. Individually…
- Mark has visited and spent the night in all 50 States (#50 Nebraska)
- Gail has visited and spent the night in 49 States (all but Alaska).
State Capitol Tours Overview
We took our 1st State Capitol Tour in Boston, while touring the Freedom Trail in 2006. We didn’t take another until 2016, when we toured the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln, because the architect was Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. Goodhue also designed Mark’s fraternity house (Rensselaer Society of Engineers (RSE) Clubhouse, on the National Registry of Historic Places.) We loved the tour, for the architecture & art, the building history, and the state history. That’s when we decided to tour every State Capitol, too! As of February 27, 2024, we have toured 35 State Capitols.
Album of our State-Capitol-Tours-to-Date:
State 1st Visits & Capitol Tours Taken – by Year
| Year | State Visit Together | # | Comment | Tour Capitol | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | New York Missouri | 1 2 | Met at RPI in Troy! Meet me in St. Louis | ||
| 2001 | New Jersey Massachusetts Washington Connecticut Rhode Island | 3 4 5 6 7 | Gail visit Mark Mark visit Gail @ parents Mark visit Gail Thanksgiving NJ to MA Thanksgiving see Kate | ||
| 2002 | Pennsylvania New Hampshire Maine | 8 9 10 | Gail met Mark’s folks! NH & ME visited on mini-trip from EB to Bailey Island | ||
| 2003 | California Hawaii | 11 12 | Met up on Mark work trip 50th Bday Trip! | ||
| 2004 | Oregon Vermont | 13 14 | Visit Astoria Visit Jeff at school | ||
| 2006 | Boston, MA | 1 | |||
| 2012 | Florida Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Maryland Delaware Ohio Indiana Michigan Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota Wyoming Montana Idaho Nevada Arizona New Mexico | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 | BIG YEAR for new States! (20) Florida to Delaware, visited (some very briefly) on the March Florida Trip Ohio to Idaho new states on 1st X-Country West Nevada to New Mexico new states on 2012 part of Xmas X-Country Trip | ||
| 2013 | Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee West Virginia Alabama Mississippi Louisiana | 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 | Texas to West Virginia new states on 2013 part of Xmas X-Country Trip Alabama to Louisiana Tennessee/Mississippi 60th Bday Trip! | ||
| 2014 | North Dakota | 43 | on 3rd X-Country Trip | ||
| 2016 | Kentucky Kansas Nebraska Utah | 44 45 46 47 | on 5th & last Prius X-Country Trip | Lincoln, NE | 2 |
| 2018 | Iowa | 48 | 1st Airstream X-Country | Providence, RI Des Moines, IA Boise, ID | 3 4 5 |
| 2019 | Carson City, NV Sacramento, CA Salem, OR Olympia, WA | 6 7 8 9 | |||
| 2020 | Phoenix, AZ | 10 | |||
| 2022 | Colorado | 49 | Loop thru The Rockies | Helena, MT Denver, CO Cheyenne, WY Salt Lake City, UT | 11 12 13 14 |
| 2023 | BIG YEAR (17) for new State Capital Visits! | Santa Fe, NM Oklahoma City, OK Topeka, KS Jefferson City, MS Springfield, IL Indianapolis, IN Columbus, OH Harrisburg, PA Annapolis, MD Dover, DE Trenton, NJ Hartford, CT Augusta, ME Montpelier, VT Concord, NH Albany, NY Richmond, VA | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | ||
| 2024 | Tallahassee, FL Baton Rouge, LA Jackson, MS Montgomery | 32 33 34 35 |
State 1st Visits & Capitol Tours Taken – by State!
| State | State Visit # | Year 1st Visit | Capitol | Capitol Tour # | Year of Tour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 40 | 2013 | Montgomery | 35 | 2024 |
| Alaska | Juneau | ||||
| Arizona | 33 | 2012 | Phoenix | 10 | 2020 |
| Arkansas | 37 | 2013 | Little Rock | ||
| California | 11 | 2003 | Sacramento | 7 | 2019 |
| Colorado | 49 | 2022 | Denver | 12 | 2022 |
| Connecticut | 6 | 2001 | Hartford | 26 | 2023 |
| Delaware | 21 | 2012 | Dover | 24 | 2023 |
| Florida | 15 | 2012 | Tallahassee | 32 | 2024 |
| Georgia | 16 | 2012 | Atlanta | ||
| Hawaii | 12 | 2003 | Honolulu | ||
| Idaho | 31 | 2012 | Boise | 5 | 2018 |
| Illinois | 25 | 2012 | Springfield | 19 | 2023 |
| Indiana | 23 | 2012 | Indianapolis | 20 | 2023 |
| Iowa | 48 | 2018 | Des Moines | 4 | 2018 |
| Kansas | 45 | 2016 | Topeka | 17 | 2023 |
| Kentucky | 44 | 2016 | Frankfort | ||
| Louisiana | 42 | 2013 | Baton Rouge | 33 | 2024 |
| Maine | 10 | 2002 | Augusta | 26 | 2023 |
| Maryland | 20 | 2012 | Annapolis | 23 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | 2001 | Boston | 1 | 2006 |
| Michigan | 24 | 2012 | Lansing | ||
| Minnesota | 27 | 2012 | St. Paul | ||
| Mississippi | 41 | 2013 | Jackson | 34 | 2024 |
| Missouri | 2 | 2000 | Jefferson City | 18 | 2023 |
| Montana | 30 | 2012 | Helena | 11 | 2022 |
| Nebraska | 46 | 2016 | Lincoln | 2 | 2016 |
| Nevada | 32 | 2012 | Carson City | 9 | 2019 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | 2002 | Concord | 29 | 2023 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 2001 | Trenton | 25 | 2023 |
| New Mexico | 34 | 2012 | Santa Fe | 15 | 2023 |
| New York | 1 | 2000 | Albany | 30 | 2023 |
| North Carolina | 18 | 2012 | Raleigh | ||
| North Dakota | 44 | 2014 | Bismarck | ||
| Ohio | 22 | 2012 | Columbus | 21 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma | 36 | 2013 | Oklahoma City | 16 | 2023 |
| Oregon | 13 | 2004 | Salem | 8 | 2019 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | 2002 | Harrisburg | 22 | 2023 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | 2001 | Providence | 3 | 2018 |
| South Carolina | 17 | 2012 | Columbia | ||
| South Dakota | 28 | 2012 | Pierre | ||
| Tennessee | 38 | 2013 | Nashville | ||
| Texas | 35 | 2013 | Austin | ||
| Utah | 47 | 2016 | Salt Lake City | 14 | 2022 |
| Vermont | 14 | 2004 | Montpelier | 28 | 2023 |
| Virginia | 19 | 2012 | Richmond | 31 | 2023 |
| Washington | 5 | 2001 | Olympia | 9 | 2019 |
| West Virginia | 39 | 2013 | Charleston | ||
| Wisconsin | 26 | 2012 | Madison | ||
| Wyoming | 29 | 2012 | Cheyenne | 13 | 2022 |
| Washington DC | 39+ | 2013 |