Palm Springs, California

A protégé of Modernist Richard Neutra, architect Donald Wexler, along with his partner, Ric Harrison, designed seven steel houses in Palm Springs in the early 1960s. Partly funded by U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel, they were billed as affordable middle-class housing and featured in Architectural Digest. Built in 1962, this 2,056-square-foot, two-bedroom home is listed for $749,000.

Glencoe, Illinois

A classic Frank Lloyd Wright “Prairie” house built in 1915, it's well maintained, with original flooring and woodwork intact. Located on a wooded lot in a desirable neighborhood, it includes an updated kitchen and baths, a Japanese meditation garden, and a quintessential Wright feature: a Roman brick fireplace. It has three bedrooms and 2.5 baths. First listed at $929,000, then reduced to $889,000.

Dallas

Designed by architect Bruce Goff in the 1950s, this spectacular, Mid-century Modern is anything but minimalist—a former owner described it as an architectural hybrid from the Flintstones and the Jetsons. Known for its 40-foot-high, wisteria-draped domed carport, the house has an indoor pool and several colorful mosaics. It has five bedrooms and four baths in 5,200 square feet. Listed at $1.15 million.

Long Beach, California

Cliff May, master of Southern California’s Mid-century Modern ranch homes, effortlessly married clean lines with relaxed, indoor-outdoor living. A four-bedroom Cliff May in Brentwood is for sale for $5.5 million; this three-bedroom, two-bath home, in move-in condition, is in a large Cliff May-designed subdivision in Long Beach that is popular with architects and designers. Listed at $625,900.

Highland Park, Oregon

Inspired by San Francisco Bay developer Joe Eichler, who built thousands of Eichler Homes, Bob Rummer built more than 700 Mid-century Modern homes—Rummers—in the Portland area. This three-bedroom, two-bath home from 1969 has an updated kitchen and bathrooms (Hans Grohe shower, toilets by Philippe Starck), and features a hallmark Rummer atrium in the center of the house. Priced at $525,000.

Chicago Heights

The Keck brothers, who designed the groundbreaking glass-and-steel House of Tomorrow for the 1933 Century of Progress exhibition in Chicago, designed hundreds of elegant modern houses in the Chicago area. This four-bedroom, three-bath home has 14-foot wood-beam ceilings, slate floors, and glass walls. It’s priced at just $213,000.

Dallas

Built for the 1954 Dallas Parade of Homes, which celebrated the latest in design, construction, and furnishings, this house is situated in the “Disney streets” of Midway Hills (Peter Pan Lane, Pinocchio Drive), developed in 1954 and 1955 with traditional homes and Mid-century Moderns. This three-bedroom house has a U-shape floor plan, a kidney-shape pool, and a 35-by-20-foot living room. Offered at $439,000.