Okay, so I'm on my way to the iconic view of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater.

And I'm gonna try not to total fangirl freak out.

Gimme a moment.

(rushing water) When I tell you it's even more impressive in person, trust me.

It is.

It's really the sound of the waterfall.

LAUREN: I know.

It's so peaceful.

LAURITA: Mm-hmm.

LAUREN: And the house is beautiful.

LAURITA: It is.

MAX: Hi.

LAURITA: Hey.

MAX: How are you guys?

LAUREN: Hi.

MAX: Welcome.

LAUREN: Thank you for having us.

LAURITA: Thank you, thank you.

MAX: Look what you found down here in the woods.

LAUREN: I know.

LAURITA: I know.

It's beautiful.

MAX: Mm-hmm.

LAURITA: This is the shot that you see in the books.

MAX: And is this your first time seeing Fallingwater in person?

LAUREN: It is.

The pictures really don't do it justice.

LAURITA: Yeah.

LAUREN: Because this is breathtaking.

MAX: What are some things that are catching your eye and your interest while we're looking?

LAUREN: So all of the stairs look really cool to me.

MAX: The Kaufmann Family who lived here loved that waterfall.

LAURITA: Yes.

MAX: It was the center of their weekend life.

Let's get a closer look and keep exploring.

LAURITA: Okay.

MAX: Ready?

LAUREN: Let's do it.

Yeah.

LAURITA: We will follow you.

MAX: All right.

JUSTIN: We're here in the heart of the Laurel Highlands at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, which was a house designed in 1935 for the Kaufmann Family, owners of the... Pittsburgh's largest department store.

When Wright came out to this landscape to take a look at the site with the Kaufmanns, he thought he could do something pretty spectacular here.

So instead of facing the house looking at the waterfalls, he cantilevers the house up and over the waterfalls, places it on top of the waterfall so that it flows underneath the house.

Totally revolutionary concept.

Simple way to think of it is like when you pull a drawer out of a dresser drawer and the drawer stands open by itself and doesn't tip out of the dresser.

That's a cantilever.

As soon as the house was finished, because it was such an innovative design, it propelled him to fame.

It was instantly famous not just by the architect community, but by the general public.

So Fallingwater attracts people from all over the world.

It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

We typically see around 150 to 170,000 visitors each year.

And for architects, it's just such a revolutionary house.

The whole point of Fallingwater is to connect people to the natural world to help them better appreciate and understand and how you can live harmoniously with nature through good design.

MAX: Come on into the living room and we'll take it in.

LAUREN: Wow.

LAURITA: Hoo, hoo.

I don't know what I was expecting, but this is modern heaven.

LAUREN: I love all of the stone in here, and it feels so, like, cozy and homey.

Oh my goodness, this is beautiful.

LAURITA: Look at the low seats.

LAUREN: Yeah.

MAX: Very low.

LAURITA: In fact, everything is very low.

LAUREN: Mm-hmm.

MAX: Yeah.

If you were to kneel down just a little bit, the sight lines are adjusted just enough so that it's really more for sitting.

LAUREN: Yeah.

LAURITA: I see what you mean.

MAX: Very low ceilings.

LAURITA: I see what you mean, especially with the view.

LAUREN: Yeah.

MAX: You said cozy and homey.

When Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house, he felt that it should provide a place for shelter and rest.

He also said shelter in the open, so how do we combine shelter... LAUREN: Right.

MAX: Yet also make it open?

LAURITA: Yes.

MAX: Over here, I think this is like a boulder breaking the surface of the water.

LAURITA: Oh.

LAUREN: Ah.

MAX: Um, if you two wanted to stand on that boulder now.

LAURITA: Okay.

MAX: You could've stood there long before Fallingwater was ever imagined.

This boulder has always been here.

LAURITA: Oh.

LAUREN: Oh, he built... LAURITA: He didn't... LAUREN: Around the boulder.

Oh-ho!

MAX: Just accepted it, the challenge.

LAUREN: Wow.

MAX: And that was another part of organic architecture, right, was to include nature... LAURITA: Yes.

MAX: In the design.

LAURITA: This is the kitchen.

Pretty amazing.

And look at the refrigerator and the simple line of the door.

MAX: Really, really is... LAURITA: Check out the stove.

MAX: And Frank... Let's find the top of those steps... LAURITA: Okay.

MAX: We were looking at.

Wright called this the hatch.

Just like a ship's hatch.

LAUREN: Mm-hmm.

LAURITA: Oh, yeah.

MAX: And he designed this glass and steel enclosure to transform.

So in the wintertime, the Kaufmanns would have it shut like this.

LAURITA: Mm-hmm.

MAX: In the summer, pushes all the way back.

This goes all the way under the petunias there.

LAURITA: I can just imagine... MAX: After you.

LAURITA: Just the peace and serenity of those last two steps.

MAX: Mm-hmm.

LAURITA: Sitting there, dangling your feet... LAUREN: Mm-hmm.

LAURITA: And touchin' the water.

MAX: The Kaufmann Family definitely would use this... LAURITA: Mm-hmm.

MAX: And the plunge pool we saw.

LAURITA: Yes.

MAX: But if you remember, their favorite place to swim was right at the bottom of the waterfall.

LAURITA: Yes.

LAUREN: Right.

MAX: Which again, is not so visible.

LAUREN: Right.

MAX: It makes us maybe want to find it.

LAURITA: Yes.

MAX: So go head out to the terrace here and I'll be right behind.

LAURITA: Okay.

LAUREN: All right.

(rushing water) LAURITA: Ah.

LAUREN: Oh, wow.

MAX: Ah-ha.

LAUREN: Wow.

MAX: Let me know when you're here next.

LAURITA: We will do it.

LAUREN: We definitely will.

LAURITA: Thanks so much.

LAUREN: Thank you.

MAX: Yeah, take care.

LAURITA: Take care.