Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, Chicago
A terrific bit of Orthodox vernacular architecture stashed on a Chicago side street, Holy Trinity was designed by Louis Sullivan of all people.
Davenport City Hall, Iowa
Designed by Iowa architect John W. Ross and completed in 1896, Davenport's Richardsonian Romanesque-style City Hall is one of a handful in the US to host a Socialist administration, after they swept to power in the 1920 municipal elections.
Roller Dam across the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, Ill.
The first dam conceived as part of the massive engineering project that tamed the Upper Mississippi River, Dam No. 15 between Davenport and Rock Island is the longest roller dam in the world. Not that that’s saying a whole lot.
Holy Family Academy, Chicago
It looks almost depilated after losing all its ornamentation - like a face with no eyebrows - but after more than 125 years as a school, the present-day Near North Montessori school must have great bones.
Hotel Selandia, Vesterbro, Copenhagen
As a classic bit of Istedgade only a couple blocks from Copenhagen Central Station, I kind of expected this to be the straightforward Vesterbro story of a seedy hotel turned into a trendy one. It wasn't. Turns out that this building was also a longtime administrative office for DSB.