Actually, I think you will find the Louisiana state capitol is taller than all of them, INCLUDING the National Capitol building. Ole Huey wanted the biggest, and he got it (all thirty-four floors).
walk the treeline at a flat field one morning(field east of trees) or evening(field west of trees) and SEE a TEXAS-SIZE sky.....
listen to the "laughing-jabbering-howling-barking" coyotes running the creekbed at 11:00 pm while looking at a zillion-star-sky clear winter night with your children in your backyard from a trampoline....
go to a small town county fair with your family and lots of quarters...
Change a flat tire for a mom with lots o'children in a tired stationwagon in the middle of nowhere on an August afternoon....and just tell her "glad I could help" when you're done....
Wave thanks to the driver who "drove on the shoulder of the road" so you could pass him/her on that 2 lane highway safely...
count the pickup trucks along an isolated FM road when the local ag-man is demo-ing a new method or product to ranchers/farmers....
Expect to be waved to and smiled at by drivers going in the opposite direction on any road at any speed.....wave back and smile...(They ALSO know how good it is here!)...
Texas has as many ways to "fall in love with it" as it has dirt roads....