Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

Just as the last remnants of scaffolding covering the Washington Monument are coming down, workers are preparing to obscure another of the gems on the National Monument — the Dome atop the U.S.

Across a circular expanse 180 feet high near the top of the U.S. Capitol rotunda, Kevin Hildebrand, the chief of the building’s Architecture division, spoke in words that echoed as they bounced off ...

The crown jewel of Utah’s new North Capitol Building is a $1.6 million, one-of-a-kind stained-glass dome designed to take visitors’ breath away even as it unites them in shared appreciation for the ...

The Kentucky General Assembly convenes today not under the Capitol dome, but in temporary chambers set up beside the parking ...

The copper dome atop the capitol building in Columbia is turning green. It’s not the first time, but state leaders aren’t ...

Rainbow refractions — cascading through a collection of crystals embedded at the peak of the dome above — danced across Dana Jones’ face as she showed off a one-of-a-kind work of art meant to make the ...

Washington State Reception Room in Olympia looks like something out of a castle. The elegant room retains most of its ...

This article by Guy Rocha, former state archivist with the Nevada State Library and Archives, originally appeared on Feb. 25, 2009. Surely, the Silver State's Capitol "dome"— technically it's a cupola ...

The Missouri Capitol dome will shine purple today in recognition of Alzheimer's Awareness Day. Gov. Mike Kehoe ordered the dome to shine purple from sunset today until sunrise Wednesday, according to ...

When state Sen. Colton Moore made his return to the House chamber after he was arrested for attempting to force his way in, he was greeted by a small crowd of supporters, including a recently pardoned ...

Few, if any, members of the Washington state Legislature have been allowed to climb to the top of the state Capitol dome this century. That will soon change. A provision in the new capital budget ...