There are so many reasons that I love to travel, and one of them is to discover distinctive architecture.

My favorite destination, New York City, can often be considered a place that’s only filled with buildings made of glass and steel. But look at this amazing place that I came across about a month ago:

And there are so many other beautiful buildings to explore around the country including the following:

The Drake Hotel was added to the list of Historic Hotels of America® in 2014. The beaux-art hotel, built in 1920, was conceptualized by famed architect Benjamin Howard Marshall and was a high-society hot spot in the roaring twenties thanks to its opulence and grandeur.

A short walk from the Hilton San Francisco Financial District will bring travelers to Maiden Lane. At 140 Maiden Lane, travelers can discover the Xanadu Gallery, established in 1979 in the historic Frank Lloyd Wright building. The building is the only Wright example in San Francisco and was the prototype for the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

St. Louis Union Station – a Doubletree by Hilton Hotel occupies the former Union Station, built in 1894. The limestone walls, hand-cut Tiffany glass windows, barrel-vaulted ceilings and the station’s signature clock tower are standouts of the building.

Visitors can enjoy a scenic drive from Conrad Miami to explore the Bacardi Building Cube in the Design District or stop by the Perez Art Museum Miami to take in a variety of exhibits and the unforgettable structural design.

The Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, also known as “The Jewel of the Desert” is considered to be an architectural masterpiece and result of collaboration between Frank Lloyd Wright and Albert Chase McArthur. The hotel was completed entirely in “Biltmore Block”, a variation on a textile block first used by Wright, made from desert sand on-site and created in 34 different geometric patterns inspired by the trunk of a palm tree.

 

Let us know if you’ve had any architectural finds that you’ve enjoyed discovering.