Start with high-confidence landmarks & monuments books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
A Field Guide to American Houses
Virginia Savage McAlester
Inside the Dream Palace
Sherill Tippins
Forgotten Churches
Luke Sherlock, Ioana Pioaru
Walkable City
Jeff Speck
Men at Work
Glenn Kurtz
Upstate Now
Michel Arnaud, Jane Creech
Lonely Planet Hidden Libraries
DC Helmuth, Nancy Pearl
