Some churches, weird state capitols, and a mosque made of mud.

Here's St. Stanislaus Church, 398 Superior Street, in the gloaming.



I've always wanted to go inside, but I'm afraid of churches. I might burn up upon entry. I guess one could say I dig church architecture, and also funeral home architecture. Why can't all buildings be more like funeral homes? Here's a door on the Wulff-Godbout Funeral Home.



Here's my second-favorite church in St. Paul, the Virginia Street Swedenborgian church (this is not near Fort Road but in Cathedral Hill), and I must say, if I ever feel the need for a church wedding, it will be here.





It was designed by Cass Gilbert, who also designed the Minnesota State Capitol.



Yeah, looks like every other state capitol. Except Alaska's,



and Hawaii's.



As usual, they're the states that don't make any sense. Oh, yeah, New Mexico's is different too.



And North Dakota's.



Seriously? Who knew North Dakota would be so iconoclastic when it came to its capitol building? That must be the tallest building in North Dakota.

The prize for bad-ass capitol building goes to the former capitol of Louisiana, which looks thus:



What the fuck? But the bastards replaced it, for God knows what reason, with this:



Among the standard domed capitols, Iowa's is the coolest.



It looks almost mosque-ish. Oh yeah, not to be un-American, but I also dig Mosque architecture. Here's the weirdest mosque I've ever seen, in Larabanga, Ghana.



Oh, and my favorite St. Paul church? The Old Muskego Church.



From Fort Road, signing off.