The World's Most Beautiful Places
The Story Inn has a long history dating back to 1882. It lies at the center of the town of Story, Indiana, which was founded by farmers trying make a living from the marginal soils of the hilly area that is Brown County, Indiana. The town and the inn went through various phases of growth and decline, and the surrounding countryside saw much of its original farming population leave and the land they left behind turned into Indiana’s largest state park.
Union Terminal opened in 1933. It served as an intercity train station located in the Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati. Like many buildings of that era it was designed in an Art Deco style by the architectural firm, Fellheimer & Wagner, with much of the credit for its final appearance going to Paul Philippe Cret. Today it serves as the home of the Cincinnati Museum Center, and Amtrak, which runs trains through Cincinnati three days a week from Chicago and New York. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977.
Black (Pugh’s Mill) Covered Bridge near Oxford, Ohio. The bridge was originally built n 1868 to provide access to a saw and grist mill owned by James B. Pugh on Four Mile (Talawanda) Creek. The bridge unlike many covered bridges, remains in its original location, and was restored by the city of Oxford, in 2000. The bridge incorporate two wooden truss designs, the Childs and Long Truss styles. It is one of the longest and tallest covered bridges in Ohio.