8 Real-Life Houses Featured in Famous Paintings

Andrew Wyeth was a close friend of Christina and Alvaro Olsen, who owned the Cushing, Maine home that would be immortalized in Wyeth's famous 1948 painting Christina's World. It was also depicted in numerous lesser-known paintings by the artist, who was allowed to wander through the house at leisure and even operated a studio out of an upstairs room. The Olsen House is now owned and operated by the Farnsworth Art Museum.

A surprisingly modest Carpenter Gothic home in Eldon, Iowa inspired one of America's most famous 20th-century paintings (only the house appeared in preliminary sketches of the painting). Today, it functions as the American Gothic House Center, offering props to road trippers looking to fluff their Instagram feeds with their own interpretations of the famous pose.