To determine the best cities for Second Empire architecture, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data on historic properties from the National Register of Historic Places of the U.S. National Park Service.

The tower is an element of Victorian architecture, but the Second Empire kicks the elegance up a notch. Pictured, the “General Lincoln Benjamin House” at 93 State St. in New Bedford, ...

BROOKFIELD — Built in 1864, the Aaron Kimball House was one of three massive mansions built in Second Empire architecture-style along West Main Street in Brookfield. Today, it's the only one ...

Their French Second Empire home in Lafayette Square won out. Most of the original woodwork remained, its 19th century finishes intact. The pocket doors throughout were still in place.

The second Mexican Empire promises to prove as ephemeral as the first was durable. That of the Montezumas, which CORTEZ overthrew, had existed for centuries, but the empire which the Third ...