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| Condé Nast Traveler (June 2017) |
In a recent update to a list compiled originally in 2013,
Condé Nast Traveler has ranked
Mason City, Iowa, as among
The World's 20 Best Cities for Architecture Lovers. As pictured on their website, it was listed as
Number 8 of 20 on June 12, 2017. Other cities on the list include St. Petersburg, Budapest, Brasilia, Athens, Rome, Hanoi and others. The remaining American cities are Miami FL, Seattle WA, Columbus IN, Brooklyn NY and Portland OR. Mason City has nearly 40
Prairie Style buildings, including
Frank Lloyd Wright's
Stockman House, and the
City National Bank and Park Inn Hotel, with additional structures by
Walter Burley Griffin and others. For the story of how it all happened, see our recent book on
Frank Lloyd Wright and Mason City—repeatedly featured in recent months as one of
the top ten bestselling books on Frank Lloyd Wright on Amazon.
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| Mason City Posters © Roy R. Behrens 2016 |
