A light dusting of snow makes everything a little more beautiful—even some of the most incredible architecture in the world. As winter gets into full swing and the flakes begin to fall, we’re visiting snow-covered sites across the globe, from Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House , in Plano, Illinois, to the Jiankou section of the Great Wall of China in Beijing. See how historic and contemporary architecture is transformed by the elements into peaceful winter wonderlands . These stunning spots may make you want to plan a getaway to a place where the weather forecast is calling for snow.
Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland.
The Duomo, Florence, Italy.
The White House, Washington, D.C.
The Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey.
Neuschwanstein Castle, Schwangau, Germany.
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Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois.
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania.
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Château de Versailles, France.
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Philip Johnson’s Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut.
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Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster, London.
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Musée du Louvre and I. M. Pei’s Pyramide du Louvre, Paris.
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Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Great Wall of China, Jiankou section, Beijing.
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William Adams Delano’s Oheka Castle, Huntington, New York.
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Trevi Fountain, Rome.
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Saint Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow.
