I walked around the State Capital and then took a tour of the building. There was a lady on the tour from Portland, OR who was visiting her 42nd state capital. There was a man from Germany on the tour, and couples from NY and SC as well.
Here is a picture of the dome - from the inside, as well as the outside.
This is the outside of the complex ..
I also drove over the Lower Trenton Bridge ....
In addition to being an important passage from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, the 1,022 feet long bridge has a sign that says: Trenton Makes, the World Takes. (It is written on the side and there was no place to pull over for a picture)
And then onto the the Grounds for Sculpture ....
The original location of the New Jersey State Fair is now home to more than 270 contemporary sculptures set among 42 acres. There are permanent as well as rotating exhibits throughout the year. The grounds, converted in 1992, were conceptualized by renowned sculptor J. Seward Johnson, Jr., who has numerous pieces on display. Some of the property's original buildings date from the 1700s.
Some of these looked life-like.
This man-made 15 foot tall tooth is supposedly the world's largest. A man and a woman statue stand gazing at the gargantuan marvel which was repaired after a short tour to Florida.
Princeton is a beautiful town. I did not take a tour of the campus as classes were in session, but I did find the tigers!
Two tigers, Princeton University's mascot, ferociously guard the entrance to the Princeton University Stadium. The two stainless-steel creatures, created by North Carolina-based artist, Ruffin Hobbs, weigh 7,000 pounds a piece and are 9 feel tall and 16 feet long.
My last stop of the day was the Railroad Bridge and Arches ...
This bridge has two arches: one for a two-lane road and the other for the south branch of the Raritan River. The town of High Bridge is named after the structure.
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