An 1873 Second Empire mansion with a mansard roof on Lafayette Square, run as an inn. Four storeys of period interior, and a square full of live oaks outside.
Consecrated 1869, a Gothic Revival cathedral in Portland's Munjoy Hill area, with a tall nave, stained glass and the verticality the style is built on.
On the Churchill Downs grounds, a museum of the Derby with exhibition galleries, a 360-degree theatre and access to the track and the twin spires.
The 1904 World's Fair Palace of Fine Arts on Art Hill in Forest Park, with a 2013 David Chipperfield East Building — Beaux-Arts and contemporary side by side.
Built around 1840, the oldest surviving house in Asheville — brick, four storeys, with grounds influenced by Olmsted and mountain views from the terrace.
Home of the Kentucky Derby since 1875, with the twin spires of 1895 and an enormous grandstand. A landmark venue at a scale that dwarfs a wedding party.
Omaha's zoo, home to the Desert Dome — one of the world's largest indoor deserts under a geodesic dome — and the Lied Jungle indoor rainforest.
A contemporary hotel in downtown Indianapolis with commissioned artworks through its public spaces and event rooms.
Opened 1912 on Copley Square, a Henry Janeway Hardenbergh grand hotel with gilded ballrooms, a trompe-l'oeil lobby ceiling and no daylight where it counts.
Completed 1799 on Jackson Square, the Spanish colonial seat of government where the Louisiana Purchase transfer was signed, now a Louisiana State Museum.