There's no need to tell you how breathtakingly monumental the Texas State Capitol is because you already know that. What you might not know, is that on top of the dome stands a 15-foot, 7-1/2-inch tall woman called the Goddess of Liberty. Perhaps you know her by her street name, Old Lady? Besides the fact that the original 3,000-pound zinc version of her was placed atop the dome in 1888, she's nothing like an old lady. In fact, if you see her face up-close (at the Bullock Texas State History Museum a few blocks to the north), she bears an odd resemblance to a stone-faced Christopher Walken. With a sword in her right hand and a star in her left, the Goddess is basically the baddest aluminum bitch on this side of the Mississippi. Not to mention that thanks to her, the Texas Capitol stands taller than the U.S. Capitol, and that's just one more reason to love it.
