From Lincoln we were headed west for home. Michael found a quite unique place for us to stop at and break up the monotony of just driving at Pioneer Village in Minden, NE. Having not actually seen anything about it before we got there I must saw my mental view of it was much less than the reality. As we drove up there was a fence enclosed area that held several buildings, looked overgrown, and frankly I thought in somewhat of a dilapidated state. We walked around...

This was by far the most unique and odd capital that we have seen so far. Exteriorly this capital was different than most in that it has a tall (14 stories), thin building with a cupola and statue upon it in the middle of a large 3 story square building. As we entered the basement level (their "first" floor) we were immediately aware of the level of darkness and that there was no security check. Initially it would have appeared that they were not open if we didn...