When you find yourself in the shadow of a classic Victorian home, you may struggle to zero in on a singular decorative focal point—but that's kind of the whole idea. The very mantra of this ...

An abandoned gas station in the desert, a decaying sanitorium out among the pines, a raggle-taggle mansion with its shutters hanging off, old forgotten passages tunneled beneath a city — when viewed ...

Turrets and towers, stained glass, bay windows—Victorian architecture is all about a decorative flourish. Technically, Victorian means a home designed in the late 19th-century period when Queen ...

The architects who imagined a new housing development in the Allston neighborhood of Boston have done their part to respect the local surroundings. This project, designed by Boston-based firm Hacin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. And, as someone whose dream home is a Federal- or Georgian-style home (both of which do appear more sparingly in my neighborhood — ...

Walking down State Street in 1890, you would have a hard time finding a single Spanish-style building. Everywhere you looked, painted wood siding and intricate moldings would catch your eye with ...

It's hard not to be charmed by such a big and boisterous creation, and to be sure, Victorians had many good qualities. Spaciousness was one. Another was the almost incredible amount of effort lavished ...

There are a few kinds of architecture you’d expect to find in the French Quarter. You’d expect Creole cottages. You might expect colonial-era French architecture. You might even come across a Greek ...

Claremont, on the eastern edge of L.A. County, is home to historic architecture along its streets and on the campuses of the Claremont Colleges. It’s a good time for a driving tour of city landmarks ...