I am starting to come to terms with what is causing me problems with learning Drupal. I think a major part of the problem comes from the fact that there doesn't seem to be a visual architecture to the site. All of the CMS systems that I have used for enterprise work have had a visual tree structure that showed me where everything "lived" (Typo3, RedDot, MODx, SilverStripe). I am guessing that Drupal lacks this because there is a potential for many simultaneous architectures. However, in my mind it seems that there should one primary structure which determines where to find things for administration purposes. Also, the site's primary navigation should follow this same architecture (of course there will be exceptions, addendums and alternate navigation paths).
Basically, I think I am a very visual person (have you ever heard of people that associate numbers with shapes and colors OR associates factual information with visual images - yeah, that's me). The sites I have reviewed on Drupal visually correlate to the stars in the sky (possibly 3D), whereas, in order for me to understand and manage a website I want the organization to be more like a family tree (parent-child relationships).
Is my understanding correct? Does anyone else have this problem? Are there any known solutions?