Once again, some of you are probably thinking "Hey, Atreides? Can you actually finish a state before starting a new one?" And, as before, my answer is something along the lines of “I go where opportunity takes me!” That said, on a certain level, I felt a bit disappointed that no wind was sweepin' down … Continue reading 351. Frederick, Tillman County (OK01) →

I can't say that the courthouse is particularly impressive. Aesthetically, it's not bad, but I've seen better and I've seen worse. And it's so tiny. Am I getting jaded about courthouses now? I've seen enough of them that they're starting to get mundane. The girls and I were on a bit of an adventure suggested … Continue reading 350. Murfreesboro, Pike County (AR16) →

BOOM goes the proverbial (and much reduced) dynamite! My previous ignominy had been avenged! Since a cache had already been retrieved, I was now OFFICIALLY DONE with the state of New Mexico. Selah! And how would I celebrate? By going east to Amarillo! Since I missed it the first time I was here because of … Continue reading 349. Albuquerque, Bernalillo County (NM33) →

This is the point at which I present my hypocrisy for all to see and judge. I found myself at a bit of a crossroads when I got here deciding what to photograph. With all the musing about administrative and judicial buildings, I thought it only proper to prominently feature the administrative complex below... ...as … Continue reading 348. Tierra Amarilla, Rio Arriba County (NM32) →

This is not a courthouse, but rather the County Administration Building. As mentioned previously, the administrative center of the county is my primary goal and this is the only serious contender for what it could be. Not only does the central building have a certain county courthouse panache to it... ...it has the war memorials. … Continue reading 347. Aztec, San Juan County (NM31) →

Now this is a modern look I can get behind! I can't tell for sure, but I highly suspect that this connected building is the old courthouse and it is now an extension of the newer building. Or maybe it's the other way around. All that is really just semantics. Either way, I like the … Continue reading 346. Gallup, McKinley County (NM30) →

Obviously, the county and the courts work out of the same building here. I also find myself admitting that, even though it has some kind of weird 70's/80's aesthetic going on here, I like the look of it. I understand that counties in the middle of nowhere (and this is most certainly the middle of … Continue reading 345. Grants, Cibola County (NM29) →

Reserve is a small and picturesque town in a tiny mountain town kind of way, emphasis on "small". It's no Paint Rock, but New Mexico is a completely different creature. While Reserve is geographically smaller (.5 square miles vs. 1.6 square miles), it's population is slightly larger (289 vs. 273). It also has a courthouse … Continue reading 344. Reserve, Catron County (NM28) →

What a stunningly handsome creature you are! That said, this is also a hard fought and won courthouse. I couldn't find anything to lead me to it, and eventually had to find it through the Wikipedia entry for the county, and then use the coordinates to lead me to it. As opposed to going "Hey … Continue reading 343. Silver City, Grant County (NM27) →

From everything I'd been reading at the time, Arizona was a Covid infested dystopian nightmare. And if there's anything I don't like, it's Covid, infestations, and nightmares. And, to be honest, I'm not all that keen on dystopias outside of my fiction, either. But fate had brought me this close. What better time to dip … Continue reading Oh, Arizona! →