In the last few weeks since I have been writing about the trip to and from St. Louis, I have been leaning on challenges a lot. I often do for at least a few days or so when I come back from a road trip because, well, I'm usually a little tired, having driven hundreds … Continue reading Resting On My Laurels →

The final courthouse of the trip was not what I would call impressive.  It’s suitably big and obviously new, but it just didn’t have that certain (for lack of a better term) flair or gravitas or je ne sais quoi that I might have hoped for.  But while it wasn’t terrible, I caught a glimpse … Continue reading 984. Tuscumbia, Miller County (MO045) →

Once again, just like in Linn, I wasn’t in love with the courthouse.  But I guess it wasn’t bad.  For some reason, it made me think of Island County, but not…  It just had this weird, premolded sense to it that I didn’t know quite what to make of.  The vibes were weird as the … Continue reading 983. Vienna, Maries County (MO044) →

The Osage County Courthouse was not that bad even though my photograph of it turned out horrible. It's almost like sunlight can be an issue when it comes to photography or something. I also realized that my feelings about it were influenced by the other courthouses I had seen on the trip, many of which … Continue reading 982. Linn, Osage County (MO043) →

Holy Monkey! Would you look at that beautiful beast of a courthouse! It was striking as I crossed the bridge over the Gasconade River and saw it overlooking from atop the bluff. It was even moreso as I stood at the foot of it, glancing up the hill, considering all the stairs I would be … Continue reading 981. Hermann, Gasconade County (MO042) →

The Montgomery County Courthouse, built in 1953, was respectable, dare I say nice. Considering most of the courthouses I'd seen on the trip, it was definitely in the upper percentile. I was thrown for a minute because there was another building a block away from it on a corner of two major thoroughfares (if one … Continue reading 980. Montgomery City, Montgomery County (MO041) →

I happened upon a photo of the courthouse as I was figuring out exactly where I needed to go and knew that I would not be enthused by it. Once I actually reached it, my expectations were fulfilled. I got what the were trying to do with it, attempting a throwback feel, but it was … Continue reading 979. Warrenton, Warren County (MO040) →

Figuring out the courthouse in St. Charles was a bit of a nightmare.  Two buildings showed up on the map as the courthouse, both across from one another and St. Charles City Hall, which was the county clerk works from.  However, I ended up choosing a third building on the final corner because it had … Continue reading 978. St. Charles, St. Charles County (MO039) →

St. Louis County was the opposite case from the City.  When we arrived the day before, my daughter and I went to the “courthouse,” but didn’t find a cache in the county, while in the City we found a cache but didn’t hit City Hall.  We resolved all that after returning from Cahokia Mounds, but … Continue reading 977. Clayton, St. Louis County (MO038) →

For my third independent city, I made it to St. Louis. I originally wasn't entirely enthused about it. It's not one of those cities that you find yourself dreaming about going to. I was pleasantly surprised, dare I say impressed, by it though. It felt like being in an East Coast city in the middle … Continue reading 976. City Of St. Louis (MO037) →