Manchester’s modern history began with the Cheney family, prominent early settlers who played a key role in the town’s development by founding the Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company in 1838.

Crane created this lavish summer retreat for his wife, Florence Higinbotham Crane and three children, Cornelius and Florence. The Crane Estate would come to exemplify the American Country Place Era, which emphasized the integration of indoor and outdoor spaces.

The Corning Museum displays a comprehensive glass collection with galleries including Eastern, Asian, European, and American glass

Thomas Edison is best known for the incandescent lamp and phonograph, but Edison’s greatest invention was a new way to invent: the industrial research and development laboratory.

The Morse Museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of Louis C. Tiffany’s work, including jewelry, pottery, paintings, leaded-glass windows and lamps.

For decades, The American Tobacco Campus and the city of Durham were one of the busiest industrial centers the country. When the tobacco industry ended in Durham, there needed to be re-invention.

Sefton Manor, now called Mill Neck Manor, is a Tudor-Revival mansion that sits on 86 acres on the north shore of Long Island overlooking the Sound in Mill Neck.

Built between 1908 and 1912, Fonthill Castle was the home of archaeologist, anthropologist, ceramicist, scholar and antiquarian Henry Chapman Mercer. This was his Doylestown, Pennsylvania home and served as a showplace for his famed Moravian tiles that were produced during the Arts & Crafts Movement. The castle was designed by Mercer with an eclectic mix of medieval and gothic architecture styles and an early example of poured reinforced concrete.