20 Houston Astros: Minute Maid Park

The Astros are yet another team that fled a cookie-cutter mega-venue (in this case, the Astrodome) for a retro-themed ballpark. But the quirks of 2000-built Minute Maid Park aren’t just arbitrary, but were solution to true site constraints.

The Crawford boxes in left field play well into the odd design. The lobby recreates the original Union Station near the site and the building features a retractable roof. You’ve got a mix of architectural and engineering personality.