If you've spent any time on Digg, you'll know that we love to look at nice buildings — and the site we can no longer call Twitter has become a surprisingly rich source for all things architecture.

One of the most popular accounts on the app is Midwest Modern, run by Josh Lipnik, who travels around the American Midwest photographing its many works of Modern architecture, from the quaint and charming to the strikingly grand.

"I've always had an interest in exploring and documenting cities and architecture," Lipnik tells Digg. "So I had already been doing this as a hobby for years, and thought maybe it would be fun to share my photography on social media."

Lipnik's project has achieved a reach he never anticipated; the page counts more than 110,000 followers at the time of writing.

"I never expected or planned for it to catch on outside of a small niche of architects and designers," he says. "I'm still surprised at how popular the account has become, but I have a better idea of what people like to see now and I try to to make it accessible for anyone, whether or not they have any prior interest in architecture."

Below are some examples of the shots Lipnik shares on X and on his Patreon.

Akron, Ohio

Guide to Akron Art Decohttps://t.co/qa2uyE9Rg2 pic.twitter.com/Ug3y205QKa

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) October 4, 2023

Cincinnati, Ohio

On Patreon:
Modernist Houses of Cincinnati

17 houses around Cincinnati and its suburbs, designed by some of the city’s great midcentury architects. https://t.co/WnhKCHlA2W pic.twitter.com/2ucRwUjB9Q

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) August 24, 2023

Chicago, Illinois

Art Deco storefront in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL pic.twitter.com/3ZgM5F2tdP

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) October 12, 2023

Bronze Peacock Doors (1925) designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany for the House of Peacock jewelry store at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, IL pic.twitter.com/0SYdp8jsO9

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) October 13, 2023

Egyptian Revival terracotta of the Reebie Storage Warehouse (1922) in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL pic.twitter.com/nJGBlfcaxg

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) October 13, 2023

Courtyard apartments in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago, IL pic.twitter.com/uFtUwAB207

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) October 13, 2023

Biograph Theater (1914)
Chicago, IL pic.twitter.com/BeEwlxCblL

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) October 10, 2023

Alfred Nobel Elementary School (1910) in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL by architect Dwight Perkins pic.twitter.com/7qRjZNQMVh

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) October 12, 2023

Pride Cleaners (1959)
Chicago, IL pic.twitter.com/T6bAh4zj8W

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) October 2, 2023

Kenna Apartments (1916) in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago. Designed by architect Barry Byrne with bas-relief panels by Alfonso Ianelli. pic.twitter.com/INZQIThun6

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) September 27, 2023

Berwyn, Illinois

1937 streamline moderne house in Berwyn, IL by architect Robert Silhan pic.twitter.com/lBH5k1UltN

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) September 11, 2023

Berwyn Health Center (1939)
Berwyn, IL pic.twitter.com/eqJD7O1bwQ

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) September 10, 2023

Oak Park, Illinois

Home and studio of architect Errol Jay Kirsch built 1979-82 in Oak Park, IL pic.twitter.com/5ckUVSmbJf

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) October 5, 2023

Downtown Oak Park, IL pic.twitter.com/xryybupH7i

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) October 3, 2023

Michigan

And another post on the movie theaters of Northern Michigan https://t.co/h0aeLa9JhM pic.twitter.com/SBH4M3aZpe

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) April 17, 2023

Bates Hamburgers
Livonia, MI pic.twitter.com/kiOJDesMkS

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) October 16, 2023