This Old House magazine recently released its list of the dozen “Best Places to Buy an Old House.”

Our top criteria for choosing a winner included architectural diversity, the craftsmanship of the homes, and the preservation momentum in the area. But we were also interested in neighborhood amenities: walkability, services, and community. What we found is that people who live in historic places aren’t just lovers of golden-age architecture, but of old-fashioned neighborhood values as well.

If you are interested here is the list:

Centre Park Historic District, Reading, Pennsylvania. You can snatch up a five-bedroom townhouse here for about $60,000, a large Queen Anne for $135,000, and a full-fledged mansion for less than $600,000.

Hampton Heights Historic District, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Homes range from $50,000 for a 1930s Arts and Crafts fixer-upper to $250,000 for a restored Queen Anne.

Galena, Illinois. A sturdy Greek Revival or Second Empire home can be had for as little as $130,000.

Kempton’s Corners, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Though a Victorian can run as much as $800,000, prices in the more accessible Kempton’s Corners and Acushnet Heights start at $180,000 and top off at $300,000.

Old Louisville, Kentucky. A rehabbed manse might run you about $275,000, and prices top out at $800,000.

Pleasant Ridge, Michigan. Prices range from the low $100,000s for a modest bungalow to over a million for a big Colonial Revival or Tudor.

Victorian Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. Fixer-uppers are available for $600,000 to $900,000 (cheap by Big Apple standards); a restored home will run you a cool million or more.

Albany, Oregon. Home prices in Albany’s national historic districts range from $90,000 for a run-down Italianate to $400,000 for a fully restored one.

Georgetown, Texas. Price tags on fixer-upper bungalows sometimes read as little as $90,000, though grander homes here can run in the millions.

Centralia, Washington. Homes in the Edison District range from $250,000 for an 1,800-square-foot Craftsman to $600,000 for a massive Queen Anne.

New Castle, Delaware. A brick Federal in good shape will run you $385,000. Large historic homes, especially those with river views, cost close to a million.

Washington, Georgia. Antebellum mansions run as low as $350,000, while a 2,000-square-foot Victorian cottage might go for $130,000.

You can check out the full list and a nice photo gallery here.