Last Updated on February 26, 2021
You can find historic homes from different eras, such as Victorian, Federal, Italianate, Greek Revival, Adamesque, and Classic Georgian. So, if historic preservation is your favorite architecture style, Charleston is the place to visit.
3. Santa Fe, New Mexico?
Unlike other cities, concrete is not what you’ll find in here. Instead, you’ll find reddish-brown brick walls, clay tiles, and andiron trims as decorations. The houses are not the angular you’re used to, but with soft, organic, and smooth corners, Pueblo Revival Style.
This Wild West concept, architecturally speaking, is what makes Sante Fe different from other cities of North America. The San Miguel Chapel, the Georgia O’Keefe Museum, or the Palace of Governors are surely places all architecture lovers must visit.
4. Washington, DC
Washington, DC is the capital of America’s Nation, and just for this, it deserves a visit from everyone, architecture lovers or not. Let’s start with the White House, the splendor of Neoclassical. What about memorials? The Pentagon Memorial, the World War II Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial are waiting for you. Emblematic people? Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, or Thomas Jefferson Memorial, just to name a few. The National Gallery of Art will impress you even before you enter those majestic doors.
As you can see, there are a lot to choose from when visiting Washington, DC, but I’ll tell you what you really cannot miss if you’re fascinated by architecture and you want to take something off from your bucket list: the National Mall!
5. San Francisco, California
Victorian-style buildings, built in the late 1800s, are what you’ll find the most on the steep and hilly streets of San Francisco. What’s the signature of these houses? Ornate gingerbread trims below lovely bay windows. Looking at all those lined houses will make you feel you’re inside a real-life painting.
Fans of the Victorian style will have a blast looking at them; fans of Gothic Revival should head to Nob Hill and check Grace Cathedral; Tudor Revival’s fans will find what they’re looking for around the Presidio Heights neighborhood. Architecture lovers of modern style also have a couple of options for admiring futuristic buildings, such as the Transamerica Pyramid or Guggenheim Museum’s predecessor: Xanadu Gallery.
