Olana was the eclectic home of Frederic Edwin Church and his wife Isabel. Frederic was one of the major figures in the Hudson River School of landscape painting. The mansion was designed by Mr. Church in conjunction with architect Calvert Vaux and built between 1870 and 1872. A studio wing was added in 1889.

Ann set up a foundation for the perpetual maintenance of this home on 2.5 acres which became this permanent green oasis of art, wildlife, subtropical trees and plants.

Bonnet House and Garden was built in 1920 on land given to the couple as a wedding present. They created this unique Forth Lauderdale winter estate.

The home of Thomas Cole, Cedar Grove, is located in Upstate New Yorkvillage of Catskill. Cole was an English painter, known for his landscape paintings. He first arrived here in 1825 on a sketching trip.

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.