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 ...

During the Victorian era, Glasgow became the workhouse of the empire as the industrial revolution saw heavy industry such as shipbuilding introduced to the River Clyde. The Victorian era is linked to ...

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 ...