The River Itchen flows adjacent to the Cathedral in Winchester; its various tributaries flooded severely in recent years, causing extensive damage in the city. Thuis 28 mile-long river is considered to be one of the world's best fishing rivers, because of its unusual chalk hydrology - or do I mean geology?

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This well-preserved "Stick" Victorian is in the small town of Osceola Iowa.
"According to McAlester & McAlester (1984), the Stick Style represented a transition from the Gothic Revival to the later Queen Anne style. On stick-style buildings, the wall surface itself is emphasized with ornament, identified most prominently with the diagonal or straight stickwork applied to the facade."

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An architectural feast! A great place for a light breakfast - I'm glad I read about it.

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American Gothic! (Grant Wood was born nearby, coincidentally.)

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Corner of Crooks and Monroe, downtown GB. Originally built in 1897, known as the Raphael Soquet hourse. Architect George Barber, a mail order design, #33, in "The Cottage Souvenir." Sometimes described as "Steamboat Gothic". This house received recognition in 2005 by the Green Bay Historic Preservation Committee.

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