Start Here: The Architecture Atlas Archive

A growing collection of destinations for people who travel for architecture and history.

Matera, Italy - Unsplash

Each issue lets you travel to places where architecture, history, and beauty are woven together through time. My hope is that you never lose your sense of wonder. Illustrated issues are marked with an asterisk.

---

Europe

Italy

• Santa Maria Novella: A Defining Early Renaissance Facade*

• Basilica of San Vitale: A Legacy of Wonder

• The Colosseum: The Story Behind Rome’s Great Amphitheater

• Vatican City (geographically inside of Italy, but its own city state)

• Matera, Italy

• Siena, Italy

• Verona, Italy

• Venice, Italy

• Florence, Italy

• Rome, Italy

France

• Fontevraud Abbey: From Royal Tombs to Napoleon’s Prison (Loire Valley)

• Èze: A Medieval Village above the Mediterranean (Côte d’Azur)

• Arc de Triomphe, Paris*

• Rouen, France

• Alsace, France

• Trips from Paris

• Strasbourg, France

• Paris, France

Ireland

• Newgrange: Ireland’s Passage Tomb Older than the Pyramids

• Cong, Ireland and Ashford Castle: A Stay Inside History

• Skellig Michael

Scotland

• Orkney, Scotland

• Edinburgh, Scotland

England

• The Cotswolds, England

• London, England

Norway

• Borgund Stave Church: Norway’s 800-Year-Old Wooden Wonder*

Portugal

• Lisbon, Portugal

Spain

• Córdoba, Spain

Greece

• Meteora, Greece: Monasteries in the Sky

• Crete, Greece

Malta

• Mdina, Malta

Austria

• The Story of the Austrian National Library (and its 1,500-Year-Old Manuscript)

• Vienna, Austria

Germany

• Neuschwanstein: A Fairytale Castle in Bavaria*

• The Bavarian Alps

Czech Republic

• Prague: A City of Gothic Spires and Legends

Style Issues

• Baroque Architecture: 3 Buildings Worth the Journey

• The Renaissance: A Journey Through Three Buildings

Themed Issues

• The Architecture of the June Solstice

---

Join The Places of Wonder Mail Club

I started the Places of Wonder Mail Club for people who want a little more wonder in their world.

• Every month I send you a pen illustration postcard of one of the places.

• I also send you the fascinating story behind the place straight to your mailbox.

The mail club is now available world wide!

Join the Places of Wonder Mail Club by becoming a paid subscriber.

The Places of Wonder Mail Club is here