Trip: Old West Road Trip

This splendid Dominican church has a facade of green, white and pink patterns and a nave that appears longer than it really is. Inside are Lippi's frescoes of classical ruins and other art highlights.

This is the principal Franciscan church of Florence, best known for its Florentine artwork and the tombs of illustrious dead such as Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli.

Located along the Columbia River Gorge in Washington, Columbia Hills State Park is home to a remarkable collection of Native American rock art, displayed along the Temani Pesh-wa Petroglyph Trail.

Built in 1853, this Jesuit mission in northern Idaho is the oldest existing mission in the Pacific Northwest.

Designed by Cass Gilbert with inspiration from St. Peter's Basilica, the Minnesota State Capitol (1905) is an impressive architectural presence in downtown St. Paul.

From humble beginnings as a small log chapel on the banks of the Mississippi (1841), the Cathedral of St. Paul now inhabits its fourth building, an impressive Beaux-Arts edifice begun in 1907.

The Science Museum of Minnesota opened in downtown St. Paul in 1907 to contribute to the science education of the public.