http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/03/glas-glassblowing-documentary/?mc_cid=20080b7724&mc_eid=03de958b93
Corning, New York is in the middle of nowhere...but it has the world's absolute-best glass museum. A period piece from every year from Cleopatra on. Not to mention the 200-inch failed blank for Caltech's Palomar observatory. Plan to spend a few hours there, minimum!