Louisiana – Louisiana's Capital is Baton Rouge

(Pronounced loo-ee-zee-an-uh and bat-n-roozh)

To remember the capital of the US state Louisiana, use the following mnemonic:

The loo is easy to fix said Nana (Louisiana), just use the baton that's rouge (Baton Rouge) in colour.

Interesting facts about Baton Rouge:

- Skyscraper Heights: The city is home to the tallest state capitol building in the entire United States, a towering art deco skyscraper rising 450 feet into the air, which famously features a hidden pencil stuck permanently in the ceiling from a 1970 bomb explosion.

- Seismic Stadium Cheers: During intense LSU football games, the crowd inside Tiger Stadium can get so overwhelmingly loud that seismographs on campus have actually registered the roaring cheers as minor earthquakes.

- Name Origin: The city’s French name translates literally to “red stick,” inspired by a bloody 30-foot cypress pole adorned with fish bones that early French explorers found marking a native tribal boundary line.