Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the name suggests, Victorian design originated in the United Kingdom during the time of Queen Victoria’s reign, which lasted ...

For the adventurous homeowner, there's plenty of inspiration to be found in the multidimensional color palettes that grace the exteriors of Victorian houses.

Walking down State Street in 1890, you would have a hard time finding a single Spanish-style building. Everywhere you looked, painted wood siding and intricate moldings would catch your eye with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. And, as someone whose dream home is a Federal- or Georgian-style home (both of which do appear more sparingly in my neighborhood — ...

Victorian Most people envision a Victorian-era house as a towering dwelling with bay windows, pointy roofs and a porch supported by columns that rise up toward fish-scale wood siding and other ...

For this week’s Amazing Northern Michigan Homes, Whitney Amann and chief photojournalist Jeremy Erickson take us to a beautiful home on the shore of Green Lake in Interlochen. “We have a total of ...

When you find yourself in the shadow of a classic Victorian home, you may struggle to zero in on a singular decorative focal point—but that's kind of the whole idea. The very mantra of this ...

Turrets and towers, stained glass, bay windows—Victorian architecture is all about a decorative flourish. Technically, Victorian means a home designed in the late 19th-century period when Queen ...

There are a few kinds of architecture you’d expect to find in the French Quarter. You’d expect Creole cottages. You might expect colonial-era French architecture. You might even come across a Greek ...

We conclude the seven Victorian-era architectural styles with the one considered the “all-American” picturesque style. Born out of a rebellion to escape the lavish and excessive decoration associated ...

Every state and region in the United States has a range of popular residential architecture styles. These styles evolved over years of migration patterns, international settlements, and building to ...