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Historic Boone Tunnel – Wilmore – Kentucky

Historic Boone Tunnel - Wilmore - Kentucky

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The Historic Boone Tunnel is located along the Lexington to Harrodsburg road in Jessamine County Kentucky. Built in the 1870’s it provided a route through the Kentucky Palisades. The tunnel was abandoned in 1953 after the bridge that accompanied it, collapsed into the Kentucky River. Today, Hwy 68 crosses a new bridge, and route that bypasses the cliff the tunnel passes through.

Abandoned Homestead – Brown County State Park – Indiana

Abandoned Homestead - Brown County State Park - Indiana

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An abandoned homestead in Brown County State Park near Nashville, Indiana. With poor, thin soils on hilly terrain, Brown County was one of the last places in Indiana to be settled. Farmers tried for years to make the area productive, but ultimately the vast majority began leaving the area during the Great Depression. At the same time a movement began to turn the area into a nature park. Today, Brown County, at more than 15,000 acres, is Indiana’s largest state park.