Every house Frank Lloyd Wright built has an unmistakable look and feel, hovering close

to the ground, a glow with big windows, there's just a peacefulness to them.

The only thing that pierces that piece is the fanfare they attract, the homes are like

museum pieces, even when they're built into the side of a hill or hanging over a waterfall.

There's one place, one block, where the Frank Lloyd Wright look is the nor, not the exception.

In 1915, he designed six houses on one residential block in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

A hundred years later, they're still there.

I'm David Plottes, and this is Atlas Obscura.

A celebration of the world's strange, incredible, and wondrous places.

Today we're talking about Milwaukee's Burnham Block.

How did the work of an architectural legend end up here in an ordinary suburban neighborhood?

After this.

The National Broadcasting Company invites you to spend a half hour with the eminent

American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

In the early 20th century, Frank Lloyd Wright was already a big name in the architecture

world.

The one that you first decided to make architecture your life work.

Well, fortunately, I never had to decide.

It was decided for me before I was born.

He built a series of houses in Illinois that represented a new and innovative style, with

an emphasis on horizontal lines and overhang roofs.

They were often upscale, built for prominent families and businessmen.

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