There is something about a roughhewn courthouse I adore.  Of course, it’s completely stylistic in this case because you can see from the carving and scroll work on the front that they could have made this anything they wanted.  I can’t even explain why I like it so much.  It just feels right in a … Continue reading 598. Atchison, Atchison County (KS059) →

That’s a courthouse!  Oh, I like it so very much…  Leavenworth claims to be the first city in Kansas.  I don’t know for sure if that is true or not, but I do know that I had to cross over a bridge to get here from Platte City, so I guess it’s possible that this … Continue reading 597. Leavenworth, Leavenworth County (KS058) →

The courthouse was OK, I guess.  It was nothing special, but I will give kudos to the extensions built onto the back that blended in so well.  Other than that, it was nothing to write home about.  It was possible that I was getting to the point where I was getting tired and jaded.  I … Continue reading 596. Platte City, Platte County (MO006) →

Lovely courthouse, don’t you agree?  They call it an administration building, but in this case it’s all the same to me, especially when the administration building has “court house” carved on it.  This was another one of those confusing courthouses.  I couldn’t figure out where the front was because the flagpole, instead of being out … Continue reading 595. Liberty, Clay County (MO005) →

Congratulations, welcome to the first county I’ve visited outside of Arkansas that has two county seats!  Usually when a county has two seats, it’s either because it’s big and there’s a desire for citizen access to be close by everyone or there’s a geographical impediment that makes travel difficult.  In this case, however, it’s neither.  … Continue reading 594. Kansas City/Independence, Jackson County (MO004) →

Had I paid closer attention to map boundaries and such, this would have been my official cache for Johnson County. But who cares about that? I had planned for this trip to Kansas City for quite a while. Imagine my surprise to learn that there was going to be a Mega the weekend I was … Continue reading Geocoinfest 2021 →

As I rolled into town, I soothed my ears with the dulcet tones of King Pleasure. Being the music nerd that I am, it had to happen. As a sidenote, he only wrote the lyrics, not the music, but we'll circle back around to that a little later. The courthouse, as you can see, was … Continue reading 593. Kansas City, Wyandotte County (KS057) →

Well, well, well... That's quite a thing, no? I don't know if I would call it avant-garde, but this is definitely more modern and more interesting than I would have expected. It does have a certain flair to it as modern buildings go, but this is also not the most stunning thing I've ever seen, … Continue reading 592. Olathe, Johnson County (KS056) →

Once again, I wish I could speak to the landscapers of the past to let them know not to obscure the fronts of courthouses with trees! That said, this courthouse does have something that I don't remember seeing before: square towers! I'm not 100% sure I would have noticed it except for a placard out … Continue reading 591. Ottawa, Franklin County (KS055) →

Luckily, the rain decided to go down to a mere drizzle.  I enjoyed a much easier drive, nowhere near as taxing as the road to Emporia.  The courthouse was laudable, and I have to give kudos to my phone camera again.  This turned out to be a really good shot considering the two big lights … Continue reading 590. Lyndon, Osage County (KS054) →