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Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky on his family farm, but due to land title challenges, his father lost everything he had worked for. In 1816, when Abraham was age seven, his family moved to southern Indiana, settling at the Little Pigeon Creek Community west of present day Santa Claus, Indiana. It is here that
Standing near the shoreline of Lake Michigan, south of Holland, is an old brick castle. The castle was built in 1894 by German Immigrant and Chicago businessman Michael Schwarz. The family with their six daughters lived in the castle for about a year but then moved to Holland and left the old castle abandoned. In 1896,
The small town of White Hall stands southwest of Springfield in rural Illinois. It is there you will find Whiteside Park and a stone monument. Carved out of the top is a woman with her arms around a young boy and girl. At first glance you might think it was a carving of a mother
I have seen a lot of cemeteries and gravesites but this one in Indiana is definately strange. County Road 400 travels east and west near Franklin, Indiana. Just east of where it crosses the Sugar Creek is a concrete median with a marker surrounded by coins and flowers. The marker denotes the gravesite of Nancy
a concrete structure is located in the waters of Lake Superior just off the shoreline of Duluth’s Canal Park. Some stories and legends claim it was a bunker or Ice House and some even claim that it was used as a casino during Prohibition. It is known as “the cribs” or “the icebox.” or Uncle
Many tourists visit downtown Nashville to check out the music and bar scene. Few tourists check out the ruins of an old Civil War fort on a hill a few miles south of downtown. Fort Negley was built by Union troops after the capture of Nashville Civil War. It was the largest inland fort built
Visitors to the Shawnee National Forest near Alto Pass may notice a large cross standing at the top of a hill. The Bald Knob Cross of Peace has been standing in southern Illinois for over a half a century. In 1937, Makanda, Illinois postman and Reverend W. H. Lirely wanted to hold an Easter Sunrise
Mohican State Forest is located between Columbus and Cleveland, and has over 4500 acres of wilderness to explore. State Route 97 passes through the area, and here you will find a stone shrine erected to honor the Ohioans who died fighting for freedom. The Mohican Memorial Shrine was built in 1947 by funds raised
The charming little village of Ephraim sits on the Green Bay side of Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula. Driving trough town I saw a unique multi colored building out of the corner of my eye. It sits out on the dock of the harbor in town. It’s wooden siding is covered in names in every color of
Crawfordsville is about fifty miles northwest of Indianapolis. Because it needed a new jail in the late 1800s and is close to Indiana’s largest city, it has one of the most unique jails in the country. Architect William H. Brown patented the rotary jail in 1881, and it was built by Haugh, Ketcham & Co.
