Today we drove into Baton Rouge. It borders the Mississippi River, which we previously crossed further North, as we left Memphis Tennessee to enter Arkansas. One fun fact we realized is that unlike other states that border the Mississippi River, the state border doesn’t fully follow the river (the I-10 bridge over the river is at mile marker 155).
We visited the Louisiana Old State Capitol, which is a museum open to the public. The current state Capitol is a few blocks further north and is built in the Art Deco style. Its claim to fame is that it is the tallest State Capitol of all the states (at 450 ft tall, followed by Nebraska at 400). The new one is of course closed to the public.
Back to the Old State Capitol, it was last used as the seat of the Louisiana state government in 1932. The inside has been restored, and the part we found most interesting were the stained glass domed ceiling and windows (pictures attached)