The World's Most Beautiful Places
The Lewis and Clark Bridge crosses the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky, and Utica, Indiana after sunset. The fading sunlight, and lights on the bridge illuminate the bridge structure and the water beneath it.
Squaretop Mountain reflected in the Green River Lakes. Squaretop Mountain lies at the headwaters of the Green River, the Green River Lakes in the Wind River Mountain Range in Wyoming. The trailhead is approximately 52 miles from the town of Cora. The Green River is one of the main tributaries of the Colorado River, a 1,450-mile-long river that drains parts of 7 western states including Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
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Utah State Capitol in Reflecting Fountain at Sunset – Salt Lake City
The Utah State Capitol Building was constructed over 4 years, between 1912-1916. designed by Richard K.A. Kletting, it uses the Neoclassical revival, Corinthian architectural style.
The building houses two of three branches of state government. The Utah House and Senate, and the executive branch. The building houses the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and the state auditor.
Statues on the grounds of the capitol include those for Daniel C. Jackling, Edward Harriman, Thomas L. Kane, Martha Hughes Cannon, Marriner S. Eccles, and one to Chief Massasoit as a tribute to the Wampanogas chief who greeted the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts.
Utah’s first capitol building, known today as the Utah Territorial Statehouse, is located in Fillmore.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
As a side note, the interior of the Utah State capitol shares a lot of similarities with the Kentucky state capitol, built around the same time, even though they utilize different architectural styles.
Utah Government – Utah State Capitol Building