Fort Payne, AL

The Orbix Hot Glass Factory in Fort Payne, Alabama offers a guided visit to an active glassblowing studio. Guests watch artisans shape molten glass in real time, with access to furnaces, glory holes, and annealing ovens, and learn about the heating, coloring, and cooling stages of the process. The tour also includes a gallery of finished pieces and a shop selling handcrafted glass items.