Glass

History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”

Since 1985, this Victorian home has operated as a museum filled top to bottom with American-made glassware.

A replica of an ancient alien-like idol humorously represents spectacles in a corner of this shrine complex.

Collectors keep the story of Ohio Valley glassmaking alive.

The legacy of the Ohio-founded Fostoria Glass Company lives on in West Virginia.

The first Venetian glass exhibit in Japan and one of the largest in the world.

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

This glass-themed tourist park in northern Japan feels like taking a step back in time.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

For fans of the stained glass art of Irish illustrator Harry Clarke, this church is the place to be.

Despite the name, this ancient piece of crystal may not have been a lens at all.

One of the most popular brands of glass among collectors, the story of the A.H. Heisey & Company glassmaker is told in this Newark museum.

A gorgeous, nostalgic café housed in a lofty old warehouse, lit only by petroleum lamps.

This may be one of the most valuable Morris & Co. stained glass windows in Australia.

A collection of thousands of pieces of unique, colorful glass made in this Ohio town.

A legend says that if this elaborately decorated glass breaks, the good fortune of its owner's household will also disappear.