So the NPR thing finally happened. A perfect reminder that I can't stand the way I sound, but my daughters sound great!

What a stunningly interesting courthouse! That said, it was a bit dark so I wasn't able to see it in quite the detail I would have liked when I first reached it, and the little exterior lighting there was was enough to overwhelm my low light solution. I got the best and most reasonable shot … Continue reading 530. Las Animas, Bent County (CO04) →

Oh my holy mother of crap!!! It took forever to get here! They were doing construction on Main Street leading into town here, so they had it down to one lane and had one of those construction stoplight junctions where you have to wait for everyone to come across from one side before you and … Continue reading 529. Lamar, Prowers County (CO03) →

I passed a couple of old friends on the way up here, through a number of towns I've already visited. This was destined to be an interesting trip like none other I had done before, but probably not for the reasons you might be thinking. To explain why, I'll have to tell you something about … Continue reading 528. Springfield, Baca County (CO02) →

So, the last entry of my previous trip published on Monday. Unless something crazy happened, I got back from my latest trip last night. I didn't have time to write a full entry from the road and, to be perfectly honest, I'm in no condition to write one at the moment. So here's a few … Continue reading Placeholder? What Do You Mean “Placeholder”? →

A lovely courthouse for my final stop in Kansas. By the time I hit here, I was tired. I mean really tired. So tired that I didn't even make notes about the courthouse because I was so done. So you can see that I wasn't kidding... I was beyond commentary at that point. I just … Continue reading 527. Anthony, Harper County (KS049) →

I have conflicting feelings about this courthouse. Actually, I can't say they're conflicting. I kind of like it in a weird way, imagining that if Fritz Lang was an architect, he would have come up with something like this. One doesn't expect to see German Expressionist courthouses in the Midwest with such a haunting air. … Continue reading 526. Medicine Lodge, Barber County (KS048) →

For some reason, this courthouse reminds me of some of the courthouses in Louisiana, but I'm not entirely sure why. I was tempted to go through the archives and figure out why, but I have a lot of things in my plate at the moment so I don't really have time for that. Besides, I've … Continue reading 525. Pratt, Pratt County (KS047) →

This was an interesting courthouse from a visual perspective! I liked the design of the swept back sides, but I also really like the stonework and engraving. Why doesn't anywhere do anything like this anymore? Yes, I know the answer is because it's would be inordinately expensive labor-wise, but it would be lovely to see … Continue reading 524. St. John, Stafford County (KS046) →

Mister Sawyer, you've got some work to do on this! Since I don't have that intern yet, I did my own research like some kind of plebian or something. Turns out that this is an example of Modern Classical Eclecticism, combining many different styles to create a unified structure. To be honest, I don't know … Continue reading 523. Great Bend, Barton County (KS045) →