The Burlington Waterfront: The Light Through the Day
A lakefront on Lake Champlain facing west — water in front, and the Adirondacks rising behind it.
The Woodstock Inn, Woodstock: The Venue’s Own Logic
A large New England inn facing the village green at Woodstock — a building whose logic is the green in front of it.
The Billings Farm, Woodstock: A Walk Through the Site
An 1871 dairy farm in Woodstock — still working, with Jersey cattle and a restored farmhouse.
The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Park, Woodstock: The Problem, and Four Ways Out of It
A national historical park on what is claimed as America's first planned managed forest — a wood that was designed.
The Bonanzaville, West Fargo: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A pioneer village museum in West Fargo — dozens of historic buildings moved here from across the Red River Valley.
The Chateau de Mores, Medora: A Walk Through the Building
An 1883 frame house on a bluff above Medora, built by a French marquis who named the town for his wife.
The Medora Musical: The Light Through the Day
An outdoor amphitheatre cut into a badlands hillside, facing west over eroded country.
The Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, Mandan: What It Suits, and What It Does Not
A state park on the Missouri with a reconstructed cavalry post and reconstructed Mandan earthlodges — two very different architectures.
The International Peace Garden, Dunseith: Field Notes
A formal garden straddling the international border, laid out across the 49th parallel in both countries at once.
The Rough Riders Hotel, Medora: The Venue’s Own Logic
An 1884 hotel in Medora — a frontier town in the Little Missouri badlands, on the edge of eroded country.